This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. Business Enabled Acquisition & Technology, LLC (BEAT), of San Antonio, Texas, protests the award of a task order contract to Sentar, LLC, of Baltimore, Maryland, under request for proposals (RFP) No. N6523619R3507, issued by the Department of the Navy, Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic (more…)

This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has efforts in place to detect business identity theft refund fraud (business IDT), which occurs when thieves create, use, or try to use a business’s identifying information to claim a refund. IRS uses computerized checks, or (more…)

This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has goal statements and performance measures for each of its programs, but has not established corresponding program-level targets (specific numeric goals). Rather, OJJDP has established several office-level targets (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. Data is the lifeblood of the modern enterprise and underpins most strategic business decisions a company makes. As such, organizations constantly work to maintain high levels of data security and protect valuable data assets. While most defensive efforts are applied to outside-the-firewall threats, (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Monitor. Read the original article. MUMBAI—”Why are we here?” asked RIMS CEO Mary Roth, welcoming over 100 risk professionals to the recent RIMS Risk Forum India 2019 in Mumbai. “If you look around this room, I think we all share very similar reasons. Risks are changing. Today’s risks (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Monitor. Read the original article. This week’s inaugural RIMS Risktech Forum highlighted many of the ways technology is changing how risk professionals approach their work, and the advantages of embracing new innovations. During the “What Can Risktech Do for Me?” panel, Mike Poulos of Marsh LLC, Jen Thorson of (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. As the risks businesses face become increasingly interconnected and far-reaching, risk professionals must broaden their perspective on both the traditional and emerging threats that can affect their organization. Whether it is a natural disaster exacerbated by climate change, the latest cyberattack scheme or (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the first ransomware attack, a 1989 virus called the AIDS Trojan that targeted AIDS researchers. While the strategy went largely unused for some time, ransomware has surged over the past several years, becoming one of the (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. For years, organizations have employed remote sensing technologies that obtain information about objects or areas from a distance—typically from aircraft or satellites—to assess impacts from natural disasters like hurricanes. But today, thanks to a convergence of factors, including a dramatic drop in remote (more…)