As organisations adapt to dealing with the initial impact of COVID-19, internal audit functions have an important role to play to continue to provide critical assurance, help advise management and the Board on the shifting risk and controls landscape, and help Anticipate emerging risks.
Operational resilience and personal data protection are two topics that are high on the agenda of most organizations these days, as the focus on continuous operations and data privacy are being fueled by the disruptive effects of the Corona virus on business and the excitement around the GDPR and the menace of its large fines and with news of personal data leaks spreading on social media at the speed of a Tweet.
