Date: 5/19/2025
Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST
CPE Credit: 2 hours

With the COVID pandemic many organizations had employees working from home for the first time. Many companies continue to allow employees to work from home, and many employees prefer to work from home when possible. Do you have employees working multiple jobs that they work from home? Employees working remotely creates additional operational and cyber security risks for the employees and their organizations. This course is designed for employers who have employees working from home, who would like to obtain an understanding of the risk to operations, data and cybersecurity. You have probably heard of some of the more common types of cybercrimes such as ransomware, spyware, computer viruses, phishing, vishing, spoofing, data breaches, denial of service attacks, hacking, etc. This course is designed to familiarize accounting, auditing, consulting, and tax professionals who are not information technology (IT) experts on operational, data breach and cybersecurity risks and internal controls. We will cover the material in a plain language, nontechnical manner. We will cover what you need to know, but not how to write the computer programs or code. 

Topics Covered:
• Risks
• Risk Assessment
• Internal Controls

Learning Objectives:
• Identify risks for cyber fraud when employees are working from home
• Identify operational risks when employees are working from home
• Identify internal controls to mitigate the risk of employees working from home