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Internal audit leaders expect new risks to emerge post-pandemic
COVID-19 stretched organizational resources and unleashed new risks on a global basis, prompting an ongoing pivot by internal audit departments to address the evolving …
Top risks auditors should cover in their 2022 audit plans
Ransomware and the long-term effects of COVID-19 on markets and organizations are key items to cover in 2022 audit plans, according to a Gartner report. The report also …
Four key tenets of zero trust security
As cybercrime threatens businesses of all sizes, industries and locations, organizations have realized that the status quo is no longer tenable and that implementing zero …
The long-term impacts of the pandemic on internal audit teams
AuditBoard announced the results of a survey of corporate chief audit executives (CAEs) that reveals the long-term impacts of COVID on their operations and the profession at …
How to evaluate the security risk of your databases
Data has become one of our most important assets. We usually store data in databases, so knowing how to secure those is of vital importance. This article can help you quantify …
Audit effectiveness and talent retention at risk as hybrid auditing becomes the new norm
Audit functions that fail to adapt well to hybrid auditing risk a loss of effectiveness and influence at a time when real-time assurance has never been more vital to the wider …
Audit process or project changes leading to control gaps, creating risks
A survey of 200 audit business partners revealed that 56% of respondents said they were facing more changes in the last two years, and a large majority agreed these changes …
Most companies still rely on manual tools and tech for internal audit processes
Despite volatility of the risk landscape in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, most organizations still rely on manual tools and technologies for internal audit processes, a …
Despite the pandemic, 85% of organizations completed their audits as planned
While COVID-19 was a tectonic shift for businesses, compliance programs were largely unimpacted, according to a report by A-LIGN. In fact, cybersecurity teams have compelling …
Open source security, license compliance, and maintenance issues are pervasive in every industry
Synopsys released a report that examines the results of more than 1,500 audits of commercial codebases. The report highlights trends in open source usage within commercial …
4 things you can do to minimize cyberattacks on supply and value chains
Supply chain attacks target the weakest spot in most every enterprise’s security program: third-party access. The SolarWinds hack was a classic supply chain attack, …
Cloud technology adoption gap between internal audit and other enterprise functions to narrow
Internal audit’s ongoing digital transformation will rapidly accelerate in 2021, with 22% of respondents reporting that they will implement cloud-based technology this year, …
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