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Hot Topics for 2019 Internal Audit Plan

Kyriacos.soc2018-09-27T11:25:50+03:0027/09/2018|Internal Audit, Resources|

Hot topics for internal auditors: the 2019 report from the IIA Risk in Focus puts a spotlight on priority risk areas that organisations face as they look ahead to next year. It reveals how heads of internal audit across Europe view today’s risk landscape. Key findings Download the complete report The single biggest risks that chief audit executives believe their organisation faces as they prepare their audit plans for 2019 are cyber security, compliance, [...]

Internal Audit in the age of Disruption

Kyriacos.soc2018-02-21T10:51:00+02:0020/02/2018|Internal Audit, Resources|

A great report highlighting disruption as a great challenge for internal audit executives ("IAE") today. To achieve an effective internal audit function, it is vital for IAE to recognise what’s coming and providing insight to the organization on how to harness that disruptive power.Although, this should be nothing new for internal audit, there are many cases in todays world that IAE take a more conformance approach , instead of taking a more proactive [...]

Risk Based Internal Auditing

Kyriacos.soc2018-02-20T18:19:05+02:0014/12/2017|Internal Audit, Resources|

Risk Based Internal Auditing as defined by the Charted Institute of Internal AuditorsBackgroundOver the last few years, the need to manage risks has become recognised as an essential part of good corporate governance practice. This has put organisations under increasing pressure to identify all the business risks they face and to explain how they manage them.In fact, the activities involved in managing risks have been recognised as playing a central and essential role [...]

Hot Topics for 2018 Internal Audit Plan

Kyriacos.soc2018-02-20T18:20:13+02:0023/10/2017|Internal Audit, Resources|

European Report: Risk in Focus Hot Topics for Internal Audit 2018Risks are undoubtedly changing for all organisation, with each organisation having its own risk appetite. Irrespective of how rigid or fixed audit plans are, these are subject to change as new risks emerge at the operational, strategic and wider environmental level. Six European IIA affiliates have jointly prepared and published the "Hot Topics for Internal Audit 2018" report which explores key themes requiring the attention [...]