Resource Links
| Resource | Background | Website |
| ACFE-Association of Certified Fraud Examiners | The ACFE is a premier provider of anti-fraud training and education. Together with over 37,000 members, the ACFE is reducing business fraud world-wide and inspiring public confidence in the integrity and objectivity within the profession. |
acfe.com |
| Compliance Week | Compliance Week is a newsletter on corporate governance, risk, and compliance that reaches over 40,000 financial and legal executives at U.S. public companies every Tuesday morning. |
complianceweek.com |
| COSO - The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission | COSO was originally formed in 1985 to sponsor the National Commission on Fraudulent Financial Reporting, an independent private sector initiative which studied the causal factors that can lead to fraudulent financial reporting and developed recommendations for public companies and their independent auditors, for the SEC and other regulators, and for educational institutions. |
coso.org |
| FASB-Financial Accounting Standards Board | The mission of the Financial Accounting Standards Board is to establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting for the guidance and education of the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of financial information. |
fasb.org |
| FEI - Financial Executives International | Financial Executives International (FEI) is the leading advocate for the views of corporate financial management. Its 15,000 members hold policy-making positions as chief financial officers, treasurers, and controllers. |
fei.org |
| IIA-The Institute of Internal Auditors | Throughout the world, The IIA is recognized as the internal audit profession's leader in certification, education, research, and technological guidance. |
theiia.org |
| ISACA | ISACA is global organization for information governance, control, security, and audit professionals. Its IS auditing and IS control standards are followed by practitioners worldwide. Its research pinpoints professional issues challenging its constituents. |
isaca.org |
| PCAOB-Public Accounting Company Oversight Board | The PCAOB is a private sector, non-profit corporation, created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to oversee the auditors of public companies in order to protect the interests of investors and further the public interest in the preparation of informative, fair and independent audit reports. |
pcaobus.org |
| AICPA - The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants | The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is the national, professional organization for all Certified Public Accountants. Its mission is to provide members with the resources, information, and leadership that enable them to provide valuable services in the highest professional manner to benefit the public as well as employers and clients. |
aicpa.org |
| NVCA - The National Venture Capital Association | The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) is a trade association that represents the U.S. venture capital industry. It is a member-based organization, which consists of venture capital firms that manage pools of risk equity capital designated to be invested in high growth companies. |
nvca.org |
| SCCE - The Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics | The Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE) is the only international, non-profit organization solely dedicated to improving the quality of corporate governance, compliance, and ethics. SCCE’s roles include: * Facilitating the development and maintenance of compliance programs; * Providing a forum for understanding the complicated compliance environment; and * Offering tools, resources, and educational opportunities for those involved with compliance. |
corporatecompliance.org |
| U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | The SEC oversees the key participants in the securities world, including securities exchanges, securities brokers and dealers, investment advisors, and mutual funds. Here the SEC is concerned primarily with promoting the disclosure of important market-related information, maintaining fair dealing, and protecting against fraud. |
sec.gov |