October 13, 2025
For more than 25 years, internal audit standards have been clear: the internal audit plan must be driven by risks facing the internal auditors’ organizations. That […]
August 1, 2025
I’ve heard my share of jokes about internal auditors over the years. Most of the time, I can laugh them off. After all, there are jokes […]
May 4, 2025
In a recent article for AuditBoard, I shared 10 lessons I have earned in my 50 years on the (internal) audit trail. Number 3 on the […]
September 14, 2023
In a recent blog for AuditBoard, I observed that the world has seemingly entered “a state of persistent crisis, with no sense of how we’ll escape.” […]
April 3, 2023
In recent months, there have been some excellent articles on mistakes that internal auditors should avoid in planning and conducting internal audit results, and reporting engagement […]
March 15, 2021
It is hard to believe COVID-19 has dominated our lives for more than a year now. Few could have imagined the depth to which it would […]
June 8, 2020
News last week of improvement in the U.S. jobless situation brought a glimmer of hope that, perhaps, the very worst may be behind us. At least […]
April 20, 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, The IIA is focusing much of its efforts on providing practitioners information they need to not just survive, but to thrive in […]
March 23, 2020
The health crisis spawned by the COVID-19 virus screams out via daily headlines from around the world. No one would deny that the immediate focus must […]
March 15, 2020
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 […]