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Digital risk Digital risk: Time to merge cyber security and data privacy
Businesses of all shapes and sizes are trying to carve out a competitive advantage by leveraging digital information. The most cutting-edge companies harness customer preference data for a range of reasons, including to create personalised services and targeted marketing campaigns; to scrutinise employee performance data to drive productivity; and to analyse supply chain information to drive efficiencies. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg, with digitised data embedded across business practices.
Digital risk Digital risk: Technology is no silver bullet
Businesses have ploughed billions of dollars into technology that promises to keep cyber threats at bay. Gartner claims that end-user spending for the information security market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 8.5% between 2017 and 2022, reaching $170bn.[i]
IFRS 16 Presentation and disclosure
IFRS 16 requires lessees and lessors to provide information about leasing activities within their financial statements. The Standard explains how this information should be presented on the face of the statements and what disclosures are required. In this article we identify the requirements and provide a series of examples illustrating one possible way the note disclosures might be presented.
Unlock Austria We help you to set up and grow your business
Expanding into new international markets can be challenging due to the many issues to consider and resolve. Our team provides advice and insights to support you on every step of your way.
Cyber security New approach to digital risk
Jutting out into Austria’s skyline, emerging from the surrounding forest, lies an ancient medieval wonder – Hochosterwitz Castle. The thousands of tourists that flock here every year soon learn a surprising fact: it is one of only a very small number of castles around the world that has never been breached.
TAX Say goodbye to the arm’s length principle
The G20 has endorsed the The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’S) roadmap for resolving the ‘tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy’. The reallocation of profits and minimum tax proposals that have emerged following a recent round of consultations could put an end to the arm’s length principle that has governed transfer pricing for decades.