A new report from the Internal Audit Foundation and AuditBoard explores how audit departments’ use of technology has changed throughout this disruption, how that technology has helped audit teams to adapt, and how to determine the most effective technologies for teams to be successful.
The IIA has launched a new tool created specifically to provide boards and audit committees with the instrument they need to assess the quality of their internal audit activity. Don’t just guess, assess your organization’s internal audit activity with the new Internal Audit Assessment Tool.
This practical guidance is developed to help internal auditors address some of the key risks identified in Risk in Focus 2021, with the aim of contributing to the reduction of their impacts on businesses and stakeholders and to better harness their
opportunities.
The Three Lines Model helps organizations identify structures, design processes, and assign responsibilities that best assist the achievement of objectives and facilitate strong governance and risk management. It clarifies the main essential elements governance requires at its most basic: accountability, actions, and assurance and advice. Fundamentally this is what governance is.
Market risk has always been considered a key risk for financial services organizations. Regulators and supervisors are focused on this risk, emphasizing the need for accurate models that can measure the capital impact of market activities on the financial viability of the institution.
The IIA’s new report, “From Conformance to Ambition: Applying the Internal Audit Ambition Model,” helps CAEs define internal audit’s full potential and align their ambitions with those of their organization. Understanding and applying the model also drives conformance to The IIA’s Standards, and helps communicate internal audit’s achieved levels of quality.
