http://accountingeducation.com/news/news6190.html

PCAOB ISSUES GUIDANCE ON AUDITS OF INTERNAL CONTROL 19 May 2005 This summary from accounting education has further links to the PCAOB materials. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board published additional guidance to auditors on how to implement the PCAOB’s Auditing Standard No. 2, "An Audit of Internal Control over Financial Reporting Performed in Conjunction with an Audit of Financial Statements.” The guidance consists of a Board Policy Statement Regarding Implementation of Auditing Standard No. 2 and a series of staff questions and answers.

http://www.businessroundtable.org/pdf/20050503003CEORiskMgmtGuideFINAL.pdf

In this 175 page PDF file Committed to Protecting America: CEO Guide to Security Challenges, provided by the business roundtable, there are 8 chapters devoted to such topics of physical assets, human resources, cyber security, crisis planning, and legal and regulatory considerations. Each chapter has a checklist, and provides resources. The appendices include a list of statutes that are related, and presidential directives. The glossary alone is worth checking out for both professors and students.

http://www.campus-technology.com/news_article.asp?id=11075&typeid=153
Information Wants to Be Free . . . Again By Terry Calhoun
This article was very interesting, with a sort of philosophical discussion of information sharing a few writers' views over the last couple decades. Are we attempting to fill up a sinking boat by saving everything? Do we as human beings have limited bandwidth? The example of how we tune out individuals in favor of staring at the metal when on a crowded elevator was interesting. And the two definitions of free (low cost versus unrestrained). I had to laugh about his renditions of the sense of smell story, especially since the lilacs have been in bloom all week. Is that really true about how our olfactory sense system works?