Audit Standards
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Regis Quirin (Chief Financial Officer Consultant, CMD Capital Formation LLC)
By this time, your annual audit is either complete or winding down. You have documented the auditor’s requests and considered how you could make the process easier next year. You may have had your exit discussion and are in the process of...
Anonymous (Marketing Coordinator)
This question was asked by an attendee at a recent Proformative SAS 70/SSAE 16 event: Is there any validation of management's attestation required as part of the SSAE16 standard SOC 1, SOC 2 or SOC 3 reports?
Anonymous (Marketing Coordinator)
This question was asked by an attendee at a recent Proformative SAS 70/SSAE 16 event: Will the SSAE-16 and SOC 1 and SOC 2 have a Client Control Considerations section?
Anonymous (Marketing Coordinator)
This question was asked by an attendee at a recent Proformative SAS 70/SSAE 16 event: As a service provider, should the language in our service agreements be changed from SAS 70 to SSAE 16?
Anonymous (Marketing Coordinator)
This question was asked by an attendee at a recent Proformative SAS 70/SSAE 16 event: Could you describe the difference between an assurance standard (ISAE 3402) vs. an attestation standard (SSAE 16)?
Anonymous (Marketing Coordinator)
This question was asked by an attendee at a recent Proformative SAS 70/SSAE 16 event: Does the designation of public or private company, profit or not for profit come into play when considering SSAE16?
Anonymous (Marketing Coordinator)
This question was asked by an attendee at a recent Proformative SAS 70/SSAE 16 event: What is the background of most of the auditors preparing AICPA SSAE16 reports? It seems pretty tech heavy, but I know most CPAs aren't tech experts
Anonymous (Marketing Coordinator)
This question was asked by an attendee at a recent Proformative SAS 70/SSAE 16 event: If your company current 'sells' (or uses to sell one’s services) a Type II SAS 70 report, what type of report (SOC 1, SOC 2 or SOC 3) would we typically be looking at?
Anonymous (Marketing Coordinator)
This question was asked by an attendee at a recent Proformative SAS 70/SSAE 16 event: Since cost of an SSAE16 “audit” is such a big restraining factor, how can you provide assurance without testing all the controls?
