This week's top news and views: Wire fraud costs a Missouri escrow company $440K, internal auditors add risk-management value.

No one knows risk better than the internal auditor, and so no individual has a better opportunity to add risk management value to organizations, says Richard Chambers, president of the Institute of Internal Auditors.

Aite Group's Julie McNelley says financial institutions cannot wait to invest in mobile payments innovations.

Will the U.S. be a leader or a follower in cyberspace in the year 2020?

WikiLeaks leaks raise questions about internal at financial institutions, and the Fed Reserve of Atlanta talks mobile and the future of electronic payments.

WikiLeaks leaks raise questions about internal at financial institutions, and the Fed Reserve of Atlanta talks mobile and the future of electronic payments.

Community hospitals must become more vigilant about information security, especially as they apply for federal electronic health records incentive payments, says Chuck Christian, CIO at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Ind.

The recent WikiLeaks release of thousands of sensitive government documents puts security leaders on notice: The breach threat is real, and no organization is immune.