The fast-spreading coronavirus (COVID-19) has brought into sharp focus risks on many levels, from employee safety and productivity and supply-chain weaknesses to the extent to which modern economies are globally interdependent. From an internal audit perspective, it offers challenges and opportunities to demonstrate the value that independent assurance can provide to crisis management.
Unfortunately, the coronavirus has also thrown a spanner into the works for The IIA’s annual General Audit Management (GAM) Conference. As many of you know, we have cancelled the in-person gathering planned this week in Las Vegas, but we also are moving ahead with an enhanced virtual conference streaming live starting Monday.…