Corporate executives of all stripes know that cybersecurity is, quite frankly, a mess: too many security weaknesses spread across too much of your business, especially among the third parties that have become an integral part of the modern corporate enterprise. Internal audit and...
Financial reporting and SOX compliance teams are always looking for ways to reduce the risk of erroneous financial reporting, and one cutting-edge strategy to achieve that is through continuous controls monitoring. The idea certainly sounds appealing. With clever use of technologies...
On January 13, 2026, SEC Chairman Paul S. Atkins issued a Statement titled “ Statement on Reforming Regulation S-K .” In his Statement Chairman Atkins notes: “Over the past forty-plus years, that repository (Regulation S-K) has grown from the size of a gym locker to the...
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DISCLAIMER: This blog post is no longer current or valid as of July 16.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 Global businesses need a system of internal controls that can withstand scrutiny from any direction. So today let’s turn our eyes to the United Kingdom, where a new “Failure to Prevent Fraud” offense could pose some significant challenges for compliance and internal audit...
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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