An Analysis of Cyber Threat Landscapes Affecting Accounting Information Systems and Organizational Resilience

  • Unique Paper ID: 190219
  • PageNo: 104-111
  • Abstract:
  • The gathering, assaying, and communication of fiscal data that promotes confidence among stakeholders, legal compliance, and directorial opinions all depend on Accounting Information Systems (AIS). Because of their adding reliance on pall computing, business process operation tools, and services accessible via the internet, AIS are now more vulnerable to cybersecurity pitfalls like ransomware attacks, phishing, and illegal entry. Cybersecurity is a strategic concern for ultramodern businesses due to the significant pitfalls these attacks pose to the trustability, mobility, and sequestration of fiscal information (Hall, 2016; ISO/ IEC 27001). This study's main thing is to probe the main cybersecurity pitfalls to counting information systems and assess whether they could affect internal controls, organizational performance, and the delicacy of the reporting of finances. The study also intends to estimate the efficacity of extensively used cybersecurity measures and mitigation approaches, as well as to identify crucial sins within AIS. Grounded on a thorough analysis of current academic literature, professional account norms, cybersecurity fabrics, and assiduity reports published by reputed groups like the National Institute of norms and Technology (NIST), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the study employs a abstract and descriptive fashion. To find intermittent peril patterns and control excrescencies in AIS settings, secondary data is examined from estimable business journals and scientific studies. The results show that obsolete systems, mortal error, inadequate access restrictions, and lesser system integration with external networks are the main causes of cybersecurity enterprises in AIS. According to the report, poor cybersecurity governance may affect in financial losses, legal impacts, detriment to one's brand, and a decline in confidence among stakeholders. The study comes to the conclusion that perfecting the responsibility and safety of counting information systems requires incorporating strong cybersecurity programs, ongoing staff training, and ultramodern technology measures. These results have important ramifications for operation, accountants, and adjudicators in terms of bolstering AIS security and enhancing overall organizational adaptability.

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@article{190219,
        author = {Hiren Joshi},
        title = {An Analysis of Cyber Threat Landscapes Affecting Accounting Information Systems and Organizational Resilience},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {},
        volume = {12},
        number = {no},
        pages = {104-111},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=190219},
        abstract = {The gathering, assaying, and communication of fiscal data that promotes confidence among stakeholders, legal compliance, and directorial opinions all depend on Accounting Information Systems (AIS). Because of their adding reliance on pall computing, business process operation tools, and services accessible via the internet, AIS are now more vulnerable to cybersecurity pitfalls like ransomware attacks, phishing, and illegal entry. Cybersecurity is a strategic concern for ultramodern businesses due to the significant pitfalls these attacks pose to the trustability, mobility, and sequestration of fiscal information (Hall, 2016; ISO/ IEC 27001).
This study's main thing is to probe the main cybersecurity pitfalls to counting information systems and assess whether they could affect internal controls, organizational performance, and the delicacy of the reporting of finances. The study also intends to estimate the efficacity of extensively used cybersecurity measures and mitigation approaches, as well as to identify crucial sins within AIS.
Grounded on a thorough analysis of current academic literature, professional account norms, cybersecurity fabrics, and assiduity reports published by reputed groups like the National Institute of norms and Technology (NIST), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the study employs a abstract and descriptive fashion. To find intermittent peril patterns and control excrescencies in AIS settings, secondary data is examined from estimable business journals and scientific studies.
The results show that obsolete systems, mortal error, inadequate access restrictions, and lesser system integration with external networks are the main causes of cybersecurity enterprises in AIS. According to the report, poor cybersecurity governance may affect in financial losses, legal impacts, detriment to one's brand, and a decline in confidence among stakeholders. The study comes to the conclusion that perfecting the responsibility and safety of counting information systems requires incorporating strong cybersecurity programs, ongoing staff training, and ultramodern technology measures. These results have important ramifications for operation, accountants, and adjudicators in terms of bolstering AIS security and enhancing overall organizational adaptability.},
        keywords = {Cybersecurity, Accounting Information Systems, Data Breaches, Internal Controls, Financial Reporting},
        month = {},
        }

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue: no
  • PageNo: 104-111

An Analysis of Cyber Threat Landscapes Affecting Accounting Information Systems and Organizational Resilience

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