Editor's Blog
May Is Internal Audit Awareness Month
Continuing a long-standing tradition that started in the 1990s, the internal audit community is observing “International Internal Audit Awareness Month”...
Research Digest
Survey: Internal Audit Use of Artificial Intelligence Growing Rapidly
A new survey finds that internal auditors are increasingly leveraging artificial intelligence to complete audit work. The survey, conducted by...
Insight 360°
The Importance of Basic, Yet Effective, Internal Controls
Last August, Northern Marine Management India, a shipping company located in Powai, a suburb of Mumbai, India, discovered that it...
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House Bill Looks to Dissolve the PCAOB, Cut Regulatory Budgets
The United States House Financial Services Committee approved a bill proposed by the House Republicans to cut funding from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and to dissolve the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board into the Securities and Exchange Commission. The legislation received some backlash from Democrats along the way however,
Jacob Horowitz May 8, 2025 0

NIST Updates Privacy Framework
Five years after debuting guidelines that can help organizations balance the goals of using information while protecting individual privacy, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has drafted a new version of the NIST Privacy Framework intended to address current privacy risk management needs, maintain alignment with NIST’s recently

Internal Audit Sparks Investigation into Spending at Tenn. County
If not for an anonymous call to Knox County’s waste, fraud, and abuse hotline, the investigation into misuse of taxpayer dollars and leased vehicles by Knox County Trustee Justin Biggs and some staffers might never have been launched. Justin Biggs and his staff were reimbursed $4,716.59 that exceeded the county

RIMS and IIA Reach Agreement to Share Education Resources
As expectations rise for both risk management professionals and internal auditors, RIMS, the risk management society, and The Institute for Internal Auditors have entered into an agreement to provide both professional communities with greater access to career-building and program-advancing learning experiences. RIMS and The IIA will offer their respective memberships