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Internal Control / Possible Challenges
Colorado State University Global
ACT 425 Information Systems for Accounting
Adu-Boateng, David Ph.D.
October 9, 2022
Internal Controls and Blockchain
Focusing on how blockchain relates to an organization's internal control is timely as the
technology continues to gain traction. Its implementation and integration must be handled with
great care to make the most of blockchain's unique characteristics and develop more robust
controls for companies. Additionally, tools enhanced by blockchain technology have the
potential to increase operational efficiency and effectiveness, improve the reliability and
responsiveness of financial and other reporting, and provide greater adherence to legal and
regulatory requirements. However, blockchain also introduces novel dangers and calls for novel
safeguards. A blockchain-enabled world may have a new internal control environment.
Therefore, it is essential to consider blockchain technology's capabilities, qualities, risks, and
benefits and these distinctions to use them fully. Using blockchain's unique features to strengthen
internal control can improve the following areas: operations' efficacy and efficiency; financial
and other reporting's accuracy, consistency, and dependability; and compliance with relevant
laws and regulations.
Possible Challenges
Despite its claims of being able to improve efficiencies and cut down on expenses,
Blockchain technology has some inherent dangers. For businesses to successfully reap the
benefits of new technology, they need to have a solid understanding of the associated dangers
and precautions. In addition to this, it is essential to have a solid understanding of the
development of regulatory advice and the ramifications that come with it. These blockchain-
related dangers can, in a general sense, be divided into three categories:
Standard Blockchain technologies expose institutions to risks comparable to those linked
with the business processes. Still, they also introduce nuances for which organizations need to
account.
Value transfer dangers Blockchain technology enables value to be transferred directly
from one user to another without a third party acting as an intermediary. The value exchanged
may be an individual's assets, identity, or information. The interacting parties in this new
business model are put in danger by introducing new hazards, which centralized intermediaries
previously addressed.
Risks associated with intelligent contracts Smart contracts have the potential to encode
complicated business, financial, and legal arrangements on the blockchain. This encoding could
result in the risk associated with the one-to-one mapping of these arrangements from the physical
to the digital framework.
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