Month: September 2026

When ‘Working Scared’ Breaks Your Risk Assessment

GUEST BLOG POST: Internal audit talks a lot about risk assessment quality, coverage, methodology, data sources, and scoring, but far less about the human conditions that shape what risks even show up on the table. One of those conditions is psychological safety: whether people feel safe enough to say, “Something Read More

Collaborating with finance on AI

How AI Is Reshaping Collaboration Between Finance and Internal Audit

An effective internal financial audit relies on clear communication and collaboration between auditors and finance teams. However, traditional processes, rooted in manual data collection and sampling, risk inconsistencies and retroactive review processes. With governed, reconciled data, finance and audit teams can identify risk signals earlier and support stronger control processes. Read More

Audit management software

Survey: 84 Percent of Audit Functions Have Adopted Audit Management Software

While 84 percent of audit functions have adopted audit management software (AMS), satisfaction varies considerably across key capabilities, according to Gartner, a business and technology insights company. Speaking at the Gartner Enterprise Risk, Audit & Compliance Conference taking place in Grapevine today, James Bourke, Director Analyst, Research, in the Gartner Read More

Workiva Advances Regulatory Work with AI Innovation

Workiva, an audit-ready platform for trust, transparency, and accountability, unveiled dozens of new product and platform innovations at Amplify 2026, the company’s annual conference attended by thousands of finance, accounting, sustainability, risk, and compliance leaders. As part of those innovations, Workiva introduced Agent Studio, a platform capability that allows users Read More

Kyrgyzstan

The IIA Expands to Kyrgyzstan

The Institute of Internal Auditors has announced that Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) has joined its global federation as a national institute, strengthening the profession’s international reach and reinforcing ongoing efforts to advance internal audit worldwide. As an approved national institute, IIA-Kyrgyz Republic gains the legal framework and formal structure to support Read More