April 18, 2011
The iconic Larry Sawyer once observed that “few sources of friction within the audit department exceed that caused by the process of report writing.” Sawyer went on to […]
April 18, 2011
The iconic Larry Sawyer once observed that “few sources of friction within the audit department exceed that caused by the process of report writing.” Sawyer went on to […]
March 28, 2011
Over the past two years, I have heard executives complaining with increasing frequency that “internal auditors just don’t understand the business.” My sense is that some […]
March 7, 2011
In my last blog entry, I explored the concept of internal auditing’s stakeholders and who I thought they were. I identified the primary stakeholders of a typical […]
February 9, 2011
In my last blog entry, I cited some emerging challenges and identified five key priorities that chief audit executives (CAEs) should be pursuing as 2011 gets underway: […]
January 14, 2011
The past three years have been both remarkable and challenging for internal auditors. We have demonstrated remarkable agility in swiftly refocusing our efforts to address emerging […]
December 15, 2010
It is that time of year again when bloggers have to choose whether to look back or look ahead. Looking back is much less risky. After […]
October 29, 2010
In September, we announced the results of a meeting held at the ISACA International Headquarters office between the senior management staff of ISACA and The IIA. […]
October 22, 2010
As you may have noted, my blog has been silent for the past two weeks. This is not because I didn’t have anything to say. Instead, […]
September 27, 2010
I am sure you were as relieved as I was to learn the recession in the United States officially ended in June 2009. If we had only […]