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Congress wants to question Microsoft exec over security defects

CFO Dive

A House panel wants to question Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and vice chair, over the company’s security shortcomings and how it plans to strengthen security measures.

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Costs, not security, worry enterprise leaders most as cloud estates multiply

CFO Dive

Optimizing spend surpassed security among enterprise concerns, Flexera’s annual survey found.

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MiB: Michael Fisch, American Securities

Barry Ritholtz

This week, we speak with Michael Fisch , CEO and co-founder of American Securities , a $27-billion dollar private equity firm. He is a managing member of the general partners of the American Securities Partners’ series of private equity funds and a member of the investment committee of AS Birch Grove.

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The Security Benefits of Cloud ERP

Navigator SAP

There was a time when security was a legitimate question for businesses that were thinking of moving their workloads to the cloud and adopting a cloud-based ERP solution such as SAP Business ByDesign. But times have changed.

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From Complexity to Clarity: Strategies for Effective Compliance and Security Measures

Speaker: Erika R. Bales, Esq.

When we talk about “compliance and security," most companies want to ensure that steps are being taken to protect what they value most – people, data, real or personal property, intellectual property, digital assets, or any other number of other things - and it’s more important than ever that safeguards are in place. Bales, Esq.

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Joann files for bankruptcy; secures $132M in new financing

CFO Dive

The craft retailer’s long-anticipated bankruptcy follows a $400k cash retention bonus paid out to its CFO.

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A record share of earnings was not subject to Social Security taxes in 2021: Inequality’s undermining of Social Security has accelerated

CFO News Room

Social Security payroll taxes are not collected on earnings over a set cap. In 2021, this cap was $142,800 , so workers making more than this enjoyed the benefit of zero Social Security taxes on all earnings in excess of this cap. Social Security’s payroll tax—of which employees pay 6.2% and employers 6.2%