The global internal audit services market was valued at $33.6 billion in 2017. North America was the largest geographic region accounting for $12.3 billion or 36.7 percent of the global market. Of that, the United States was the largest country accounting for $9.9 billion or 29.4 percent of the global Read More
Yulia Gurman, director of internal audit and corporate security at Packaging Corporation of America, has spent more than 15 years honing her craft as an internal auditor, including stints at such companies as OfficeMax and Retail Properties of America. At PCA she is working to improve the use of advanced Read More
It didn’t take long for the lawsuits to start flying over allegations of non-compliance with the European Union’s new set of data governance rules. Austrian data privacy advocacy group None of Your Business (NOYB) filed suits against Facebook, Google, and Facebook subsidiaries WhatsApp and Instagram alleging that the tech firms Read More
A new report from consulting firm Protiviti takes a close look at several companies’ audit departments as they attempt to adopt new technologies or help the business through digital transformation. The publication highlights the achievements of such companies as Accenture, Conservas La Costeña, Heineken, JP Morgan Chase, Juniper Network, Panera Read More
The tops risks that chief audit executives face, as identified by a new report, are likely to be familiar foes for most internal audit leaders. Chief audit executives (CAEs) are unlikely to be alarmed by a new report listing the top five risks confronting internal audit; they’ve been battling them Read More
Elizabeth Johnstone, the chairman of the ASX Corporate Governance Council in Australia, has a frank message for internal auditors: stop being intimidated by company executives and board members. While Johnstone was addressing risk and governance failures in Australia, including multiple scandals at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, her words serve Read More
It might be time for a data governance and compliance audit. A new survey by ISACA finds that more than two out of three companies aren’t fully prepared to comply with the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which creates new rules for how companies manage and protect Read More
Don’t be surprised if the U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement agency comes knocking on your company’s door to conduct an inspection. ICE has ramped workplace inspections way up, increasing audits and arrests as part of an effort to find illegal workers and discourage businesses from hiring them, data released by Read More
The following is a guest blog by internal audit Roger Ngong. If you would like to contribute to Internal Audit 360°, please read our contributor guidelines. Let’s talk about trust. Trust is the one indispensable thing in our work as internal auditors, the relationships in our lives, and very likely Read More
As an investigation continues into a scandal involving a failed incentive plan to encourage homeowners in Northern Ireland to adopt renewable energy, an internal auditor is taking a measure of responsibility. Elaine Dolan, former senior auditor of Northern Ireland’s Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Investment (DETI), which administered the Renewable Read More
