As you look ahead to 2020, it’s important to continue evaluating and monitoring your company’s progress on issues such as human capital and labor shortages, data usage, cybersecurity and lease accounting under the new lease standard.

October 24 – 18th Annual CFO Seminar, Thursday, October 24, at The Kansas City Public Library: Plaza Branch, Kansas City, Missouri. Join us for a complimentary, CPE-eligible seminar, where our best and brightest will provide helpful insight on…

Credit cards remain the most popular item sold on the dark web. Organizations that accept credit or debit card payments may be subject to PCI compliance. Learn about the PCI security requirements.

Join BKD for the fall semester of Forensics Institute, a webinar series geared toward educating those in the area of professional services, specifically the legal field, on different topics in forensic accounting.

Cyberattacks are on the rise, and the American Institute of CPAs responded with its voluntary cybersecurity risk management reporting framework, unveiled in 2017. Read on for details about how you can prepare for and mitigate a cybersecurity breach.

There’s an alarming trend in ransomware, and it’s not perpetrators requesting more bitcoin or hitting larger targets. This once-benign but annoying tactic is now being used as a mere smokescreen to mask the more sinister activity of stealing an…

Elite hackers from around the world visited Las Vegas in late July for the annual DEF CON conference. Among this year’s events was the Voting Village. Hackers formed teams and attempted to hack voting machines commonly used in elections that were…

Ransomware attack reports have increased within the insurance industry. BKD’s Lanny Morrow maps out suggestions on how to detect and mitigate these events.

On May 12, WannaCry, WCry and Wanna Decryptor ransomware spread to more than 99 countries, locking users out of accounts and demanding payment to regain access. Find out what steps you can take to prevent a ransomware attack.

Ransomware is considered the “pest” of cyberattacks—annoying but not terribly harmful. The primary motivation in a ransomware attack is to make a quick, safe profit on ransom funds by downloading various types of malicious software to make key…