Audit Hot Topics with GAAP Dynamics It's tough being an auditor. Between the rise in audit deficiency rates and the lack of CPAs coming out of college, it seems the pressure never ends. And to top it all off, both the PCAOB and the Auditing Standards Board keep issuing new standards...
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On May 21 financial regulators in New York released new guidance to help businesses understand the cybersecurity measures they should implement when they find themselves in a "heightened threat environment.” We’ll pause for moment here while everyone quietly mutters, “For pete’s sake, we...
Not long ago the Institute of Internal Auditors released its annual North America Pulse of Internal Audit report , polling nearly 400 chief audit executives on their challenges, plans, and hopes for the next few years. If we’re being frank, the findings were a bit of a buzzkill. ...
Another amazing year is in the books, and it’s all thanks to members like you. You showed up time after time. You engaged in discussions, read blogs, attended webinars, and supported chapters. You helped make 2025 our best year yet. Before we ring in 2026, we’ve compiled the ultimate 'Best of...
Internal audit teams at companies preparing to go public face a tricky balancing act in their journey toward Sarbanes-Oxely readiness. Namely, how do you keep sight of the risk assessment forest through the documentation trees? That is, documenting your internal controls is always going to...
Good data governance is the cornerstone of any successful GRC program, so today let’s talk about something that can often be a mortal threat to good data governance — unstructured data. Unstructured data is just what the name suggests: data that exists somewhere within your enterprise,...
DISCLAIMER: This blog post is no longer current or valid as of July 16. The COSO draft corporate governance framework referenced in this post has been removed and is no longer available for public comment. Global businesses need a system of internal controls that can withstand scrutiny...
By Matt Kelly Artificial intelligence is transforming all parts of the corporate enterprise — including, unfortunately, frauds launched against your enterprise. Which means your anti-fraud controls must transform too, or else you’ll never keep pace with the threat that AI-enhanced fraud...
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By Matt Kelly, Radical Compliance For more than 20 years now, internal audit and corporate accounting teams have strived to build effective internal accounting controls — necessary for strong financial reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, anti-fraud programs, and more. ...
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The days of a cybersecurity breach being only “an IT issue” are over. During his years as an internal audit leader, Grant Ostler, Executive Advisor of Pro Groups, survived two cybersecurity incidents. And while he can confidently say it is never fun, it’s much more painful to go through one...
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