Richard Chambers

Each year, internal auditors can draw on a series of reports to augment their perspectives on the risks that are expected to confront their organizations in […]

Over the past couple of months, fears of a looming recession have percolated around the world, with politicians and pundits in the United States debating whether […]

I recently shared a blog that proved very popular with the profession. Internal Auditors Must Remember: Good People Can Do Bad Things resonated with readers around […]

In a recent blog post, I shared some statistics that confirmed an inconvenient truth: the typical internal audit department is small – averaging less than 5 […]

I recently saw an ad for an internal audit seminar on interview techniques, and it reminded me once again why this is such an important skill […]

When internal auditors think of fraudulent acts, we tend to associate them with nefarious characters who intentionally set out to do something bad. However, as I […]

My friend and fellow blogger Norman Marks reminded us recently of an enduring challenge that many internal auditors face. In a blog post titled “You Can’t […]

In a recent blog post, I explored the reality that most internal audit departments are actually small, with a staff of five or fewer full-time auditors. […]

When I first became a CAE almost 30 years ago, I inherited an internal audit department with very limited resources, especially considering the size of the […]

Shortly after I became a chief audit executive, a member of my team identified a fraud in the organization. We all knew the suspect, and there […]