A Practical Approach to Internal Controls under the GAO Green Book. Join us for a unique, interactive workshop that "walks you through" the latest update of The Green Book which now conforms to the Internal Control Integrated Framework (COSO 2013) from the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). This training is focused on the current Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government as detailed in the G...

You are invited to join the Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) Acquisition Community of Practice (ACoP) on October 18 at 1 p.m. EST. Since the launch of the C-SCRM ACoP, GSA and CISA have been co-leading an effort to broaden the level of awareness and develop agency maturity in the areas of acquisitions, supply chain risk management, and cybersecurity across the Federal Government for information communication technology and s...

ICIT Virtual Briefing: Software Supply Chain Security – Balancing Internal Orchestration with Attack Vectors Along with security controls and AppSec policies, the way you and your teams treat the software you build over time impacts the speed at which you can react to a threat. The truth is that open source software (OSS) is often treated as if it isn’t a security problem—until it is. The log4j vulnerability and the subsequen...

Every year, firms are held liable for overhead rate errors. And it’s no wonder, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) overhead rates are notoriously complex and loaded with tricky nuances. Correctly interpreting and applying the FAR requirements is critically important. Learn how to avoid costly errors when contracting with the government from the leading GovCon authorities. Join SN's FAR experts Tony Machi and Wayne Owens for this 2-day...

"How to prevent and detect corporate fraud!!" Under COSO 2013, Principle 8: "The organization considers the potential for fraud in assessing risks to the achievement of objectives". Corporate fraud is more prevalent today than ever before. Layoffs, pressures, incentives, anonymity, computerization, and lack of privacy are all contributing factors. This CPE event is focused on presenting the internal controls to fraud prevention and detection....

Every year, firms are held liable for overhead rate errors. And it’s no wonder, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) overhead rates are notoriously complex and loaded with tricky nuances. Correctly interpreting and applying the FAR requirements is critically important. Learn how to avoid costly errors when contracting with the government from the leading GovCon authorities. Join SN's FAR experts Tony Machi and Wayne Owens for this 2-day...

A Practical Approach to Internal Controls The Green Book sets the standards for an effective internal control system for federal agencies and is a crucial safeguard over public resources. State, local, and quasi-governmental entities, as well as not-for-profit organizations, may adopt the new Green Book standards as a framework for an internal control system. This four hour CPE seminar provides an overview of the principles-based Green Book an...

A Practical Approach to Internal Controls under the GAO Green Book. Join us for a unique, interactive workshop that "walks you through" the latest update of The Green Book which now conforms to the Internal Control Integrated Framework (COSO 2013) from the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). This training is focused on the current Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government as detailed in the G...

You are invited to join the Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) Acquisition Community of Practice (ACoP) on September 20 at 1 p.m. EST. Since the launch of the C-SCRM ACoP, GSA and CISA have been co-leading an effort to broaden the level of awareness and develop agency maturity in the areas of acquisitions, supply chain risk management, and cybersecurity across the Federal Government for information communication technology and...

4, ba Our approach for this in-person training event is to provide the relevant information which internal control professionals will need to fulfill the "Internal Control Life Cycle" using the "top-down, risk-based" approach. We provide the background knowledge sources, advice on how to conduct risk assessments, discuss scoping, and review how to plan the assessment of an internal control framework based on COSO. Risk management activities ar...