As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate news headlines, your health, wellbeing, and safety - along with that of our clients, partners, employees and people in the communities where we live and operate - are always top of mind. To that end, we’re canceling our upcoming in-person OptivCon event in Minneapolis on September 22, 2021. This was a hard, but necessary decision to ensure we’re doing our part to limit the spread of CO...

With the 2017 international tax reform still in the rearview mirror, new and significant changes to the US international tax system are in the works, which may fundamentally affect how foreign-based multinationals choose to invest and operate in the United States. We’ll discuss: Current inbound-focused proposals and how companies might start preparing for potential change Guidance on latest US inbound tax reform changes so participants c...

Companies are increasingly being asked to lower their operating costs or find new efficient ways to deliver controllership services. How can organizations manage new risks that may be introduced when changing the way they deliver controllership? We’ll discuss: How to prepare for and develop a plan to manage risk through the operating model and other strategic changes How to maintain controls that may affect systems, policies, processes,...

OVERVIEW By the beginning of 2021, NIST will have released the finals of many Risk Management Framework (RMF) standards: SP800-53 Rev 5 – Security Controls SP800-53B – Security Control Baselines, Privacy Framework SP800-160 Vol 2 – Systems Security Engineering SP800-161 Rev 1 – Supply Chain Risk Management SP800-171 Rev 2 – Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and High Valued Assets (HVA) Revisions to the NIS...

The Amplify conference is an annual multi-day event that brings together thousands of finance, accounting, and compliance professions. The conference hosts relevant sessions, keynotes from some of the top names in their respective games, and valuable networking with Workiva experts and sponsors. Workiva is dedicated to simplifying your most complex work. Our Amplify events are a chance to rally around a better way of working. Whether it be at...

Federal agencies must shift fully to electronic records management by December 2022, when the National Archives and Records Administration will stop accepting new paper records. Successfully making that transition entails far more than simply digitizing existing documents. Meeting the goals set by M-19-21 demands changes to current business processes, dramatically different approaches to content classification, new systems that are digital thr...

In conjunction with ACT-IAC, the C-SCRM community is pleased to kickoff of the new C-SCRM Acquisition Community of Practice (ACoP). A spin-off of the C-SCRM Cybersecurity Standards Innovation Group (CyberSIG), this new community of practice will focus on matters relating to Cybersecurity in acquisition. Our goal is to broaden the level of awareness and develop agency maturity in the areas of cyber-acquisitions and Information Communication Tec...

KPMG professionals discuss major developments that may affect a company’s accounting and financial reporting in the current period and near term. Applicability All companies Event contents This webcast will feature: Recent SEC headlines FASB developments The latest on ESG

Just as in the private sector, almost every federal agency is investing in digital transformation, to streamline processes, cut the cost of maintaining legacy systems, and unlock the potential of new technologies to deliver new and enhanced services. Agencies see the potential in hybrid cloud solutions, which require understanding how transformation advances the success of their missions. The challenges in executing digital transformation succ...

Defending against attacks is an ongoing challenge with new threats emerging all the time. Do you want to enhance your current skill set and become even better at defending your organization? Are you looking for the latest ways to mitigate the most recent attacks? The blue team represents information security professionals on the front line of defending anorganization’s critical assets and systems against attacks and threats from adversar...