May 3, 2024
Once again, it’s Internal Audit Month. Organizers at The IIA dropped “awareness” from the title, and it’s about time. How long were we going to focus […]
April 29, 2024
This week, I published the second edition of my book Agents of Change with a slightly different title: Agents of Change: Internal Auditors in the Era […]
April 22, 2024
I once had the unenviable task of informing a 2-star American Army general that my internal audit team had discovered a potential procurement law violation. That […]
April 8, 2024
As a young internal auditor, I often felt like a student carefully observing and learning from those in the department who were senior to me. I […]
March 25, 2024
One of the most valuable services the Internal Audit Foundation provides to the profession is its annual Pulse of Internal Audit report. The 2024 edition was […]
March 18, 2024
Internal auditors have had a long-standing obligation to consider the risks of fraud in their ongoing risk assessment and audit planning. The newly published Global Internal […]
March 12, 2024
Ten years ago this week, I published my first book: Lessons Learned on the Audit Trail. I had been writing a blog for more than five […]
March 3, 2024
The IIA recently launched new Global Internal Audit Standards that, for the first time, requires every internal audit function to have an internal audit strategic plan. […]
February 28, 2024
As I’ve been traveling recently and speaking with internal auditors around the U.S., the most frequently raised topic has been artificial intelligence (AI). Like almost everyone, […]
February 19, 2024
I try to stay attuned to the expectations of audit committee members when it comes to their internal audit functions. Dating back to my days at […]