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ArticleComplianceJuly 23, 2025
Ethics from a financial services auditor’s lens
As businesses have developed over time, new ethical challenges continue to materialize. Professional codes of ethics and corporate social responsibility have also emerged as fundamental principles of business.
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ArticleComplianceJuly 23, 2025
Ethics from a financial services auditor’s lens
As businesses have developed over time, new ethical challenges continue to materialize. Professional codes of ethics and corporate social responsibility have also emerged as fundamental principles of business. -
ArticleComplianceJuly 09, 2025
Strengthening internal controls to prevent fraud
Discover how internal controls prevent fraud, protect organizations from costly fraud risks, and foster a culture of ethical behavior. -
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Internal control testing: Building a strong foundation
Master internal control testing with proven methods, examples, and tips to improve risk management, compliance, and operational efficiency. -
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The psychology of internal audit: Navigating bias, behavior, and decision-making
Explore how bias, behavior, and AI impact internal audit decision-making—and learn strategies to stay objective in a complex world. -
ArticleComplianceMay 29, 2025
The growing importance of internal audit in managing operational risks
Discover how internal audit plays a strategic role in operational risk management with risk frameworks, risk assessment, and control evaluation. -
ArticleComplianceMay 21, 2025
The revolutionary impact of AI-powered risk assessment on internal audit
Discover how AI-powered risk assessment supplements internal audit by transforming traditional auditing approaches. -
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Maximizing internal audit effectiveness through external quality assessments
One of the key processes that bolsters the trustworthiness and effectiveness of the internal audit function is the external quality assessment (EQA). -
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Sustainability reporting and auditing Scope 3 supplier emissions
Learn about scope 3 emissions requirements, the role of internal audit, practical checks, and staying up-to-date with emission reporting requirements. -
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Implementing agile audit methodology in cybersecurity
Enhance your cybersecurity operations with agile audit methodology. Learn how to adapt and respond to emerging threats. -
ArticleComplianceMarch 26, 2025
Internal control weaknesses: Identification and solutions for internal auditors
Understand internal control weaknesses with real-world examples and prevention solutions. Identify deficiencies, distinguish SOX control exceptions, and implement strategies to strengthen internal controls for compliance and operational efficiency. -
ArticleComplianceUpdated March 19, 2025
Audit analytics – Matching addresses
Identifying matching addresses can help in detecting and minimizing the risk of loss due to fraud, but it must be done in a methodical repeatable fashion based on the data available. -
ArticleComplianceMarch 19, 2025
AI-driven value stream management: Optimizing continuous flow efficiency
Utilize AI in your projects to improve value stream management. Find out how this process revolutionizes organizational continuous flow efficiency. -
ArticleComplianceMarch 12, 2025
Future-proofing internal audit: Tackling emerging technological disruptions
Emerging technologies are advancing at an unprecedented pace, offering transformative possibilities while exposing organizations to new risks. -
ArticleComplianceFebruary 27, 2025
Benchmark your internal audit process with our maturity assessment
Understanding where your internal audit team falls on a maturity scale and how it compares to other departments will provide you with the information needed to meet challenges and stay productive. -
ArticleComplianceFebruary 19, 2025
Internal audit’s role in AI fraud detection
In this article, we explore AI fraud detection through the lens of internal audit leaders, highlighting its impact on governance, risk management, and compliance. -
ArticleComplianceFebruary 05, 2025
Auditing internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR)
Discover how to audit internal control over financial reporting (ICFR) effectively. Learn about ICFR, its connection to SOX, and the role of internal audit in ensuring compliance and financial integrity.
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ArticleComplianceJuly 15, 2025
Enhancing audit efficiency with multi-year planning
Multi-year audit planning aligns the internal audit function with organizational goals, positioning it as a strategic partner in managing risk and supporting the organization’s long-term strategy. -
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Building internal audit strategy: Four stages for sustainable success
Internal audit functions that get their strategy right deliver higher value for their organizations and receive larger returns from their investment with change initiatives sustained into the future. -
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Ensuring that your organization has a fraud risk management framework in place - prevention, detection, management - enables internal auditors to proactively anticipate and mitigate risks effectively. -
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Internal auditing excellence: Effective quality assessment
Effective quality management in internal audit is not about ticking boxes but creating a culture where quality is in every aspect of your audit work. -
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4 steps to an effective internal audit team: Attract, reward, manage, and develop
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Paving the way to Integrated Assurance: A proactive approach
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Delivering enhanced value: 10 tips for impactful stakeholder management
Understanding the key components of successful stakeholder management strategy, internal audit can contribute to an organization’s success while fostering deep, trusting, and productive relationships. -
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Understanding Generative AI and how to leverage it for internal audit
Responsibly embracing technology allows audit departments to better ensure that their processes are efficient, effective, and aligned with the highest standards of assurance and ethical responsibility. -
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Third-party risk management enables organizations to control cost, drive service excellence, and mitigate risks to gain increased vendor value. -
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The Global Internal Audit Standards Domain I – V
The 2024 Standards consist of 5 Domains, 15 Principles, and 52 Standards, covering internal audit’s purpose, ethics and professionalism, governance, management, and performance. Download the report now. -
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ESG data collection, analysis, and reporting: A guide for internal audit
Internal audit plays a pivotal role providing assurance on ESG data management and reporting. These activities add value to both the business and stakeholders by providing insight at the right time. -
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Understanding organizational ethics
As part of the internal audit function, employees must be encouraged to do the right thing and speak up when they see something that doesn’t seem right. -
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Harnessing Generative AI for internal audit activities
Explore how generative AI is transforming internal audit functions, enhancing efficiency, and improving data analysis. Learn about AI adoption, governance challenges, and practical use cases for auditors in this insightful report. -
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AI and the internal audit process
AI technology can drive audit productivity and efficiencies. Although best practices are still emerging, there are advantages and disadvantages to using GenAI across each stage of the audit lifecycle. -
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The organizational risks of social media
Internal Audit is uniquely positioned to take the lead with a comprehensive understanding of risk management programs that effectively governs social media and its reputational impacts on organizations.
