As from 1 October 2018 (last year), NSW associations also registered as a charity no longer need to lodge its annual summary of financial affairs with Fair Trading or pay the annual lodgement fee. Charities must still lodge their Annual Information Statement (and financial statements if required) with the ACNC for each financial year. The […]
We have several Best Practice Guides in various areas of risk management. Each one of these guides is intended to be modular, simple, straightforward, and on a single page. Each one has up to 15 statements which describe the things you would expect to see if the organisation was at ‘best practice’ (see also Self-Assessment […]
Keeping up to date with investigation techniques is a core function of any Compliance, Human Resources, Governance or Integrity team. Often time lapses and due to the busy environments, we work in, investigations training for key staff is frequently overlooked. It doesn’t matter if you work in an internal or external compliance team or in […]
The ACSC has recognised the vulnerabilities that agencies face during MoG changes and have issued a Guideline Paper to assist agencies protect themselves during those changes (see attached). The Guide recognises that adversaries target organisations undergoing major organisational change because they know the disruption makes it easier for social engineering attacks. And this doesn't apply […]
INSIDE THIS ISSUE COMMONWEALTH FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS REPORT NSW AUDIT OFFICE REPORT ON ENGAGEMENT OF PROBITY ADVISORS AND PROBITY AUDITORS NEW COMMONWEALTH WHISTLEBLOWER LAW It’s easy to engage us! For NSW State Government: Centium is listed on SCM0005 and SCM0020 (Advanced). This allows you to directly engage us based on a quote. For NSW Local Government […]
INSIDE THIS ISSUE CYBER SECURITY APRA CPS 234 RECORDKEEPING NEW DISPOSAL AUTHORITY FOR PATIENT RECORDS BUSINESS CONTINUITY PCI DSS It’s easy to engage us! For NSW State Government: Centium is listed on SCM0005 and SCM0020 (Advanced). This allows you to directly engage us based on a quote. For NSW Local Government and Not For Profits: Centium is […]
INSIDE THIS ISSUE CYBER SECURITY COUNCIL RECORDKEEPING COUNCIL PROBITY ADVISORS & AUDITORS FRAUD & CORRUPTION BUSINESS CONTINUITY SAFETY CULTURE It’s easy to engage us! Centium is listed on LGP218 (Management Consulting & Internal Audit). This allows you to directly engage us based on a quote. CYBER SECURITY WILL YOU MAKE THE 31 AUGUST DEADLINE? Councils process, store […]
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Cyber Security; Will you make the 31st August deadline? Recordkeeping; MoG changes bring about records management considerations. ICAC report on corruption across NSW. Probity Advisors; Learnings from the NSW-AO on the management of probity advisors Corruption; ICAC report on corruption trends across NSW Business Continuity; Can you sleep at night knowing that […]
CENTIUM ENHANCES ITS ETHICAL CONDUCT TEAM Centium continues to grow and has recently recruited even more high calibre staff to join the Ethical Conduct and Investigations team. Roy Cottam (ex-Scotland Yard and NSW Police Integrity Commission) joined Centium from the City of Sydney Council and leads our Ethical Conduct and Investigations practice. Daphne Brown […]
In December 2018, ICAC published a report entitled ‘Corruption and Integrity in the NSW Public Sector’, which highlighted a number of recent trends and events that have taken place within numerous government agencies in NSW over recent years. This report based its findings on real issues that have become a worrying trend in recent years, […]
Centium can assist you to meet your annual reporting requirements by providing the services of an EPA recognised Assurance Auditor. If you operate a material recovery facility (MRF) and participate in the NSW Container Deposit Scheme, the EPA require you to provide an independent assurance report to accompany your Annual Recycling Statement (ARS). The […]
Overview The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s (APRA’s) Information Security Prudential Standard (CPS 234) comes into effect on 1 July 2019 – only a few months away! Are you ready? CPS 234 aims to ensure that all APRA-regulated entities remain resilient against information security incidents, including cyber related attacks. A key objective is to minimise the […]
