Tag: Data Analytics

Internal Audit Must Embrace Change or Sink Like a Stone

GUEST BLOG One thing I know for certain … the times they are a-changin’ … and internal audit is no exception. I spent the last several months interviewing many chief audit executives (CAEs) from all over the world to gain a better understanding of the current state of internal audit. Read More

looking to behavioral science for compliance answers

Does Your Internal Audit Team Need a Behavioral Scientist?

It’s no secret that companies have been adopting a more data-centric approach to managing risk and compliance and to improving internal audit. They are installing fancy software packages and hiring data analytics experts to help them sift through oceans of valuable data to look for patterns and outliers. But some Read More

Anant Kale - AppZen CEO

Firm Raises $35 Million for AI-based Real-Time Auditing Platform

​AppZen​, a provider of  artificial intelligence (AI) auditing solutions, has secured $35 million Series B financing led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. AppZen is looking to capitalize on the booming interest in applying AI and other advanced analytics technology to internal audit processes. Since launching its audit technology 18 months ago, Read More

Usint forensic analytics

Using Forensic Analytics to Identify Rare, High-Impact Risks

n the abstract, a rare event is merely a low-likelihood occurrence. In the real world, that dry coinage can translate into significant disruption and far-reaching consequences. A rare event could take the form of a large-scale calamity — a deadly storm, an epidemic, a financial crisis. For a business, the Read More

research digest

What’s Eating Internal Audit Executives?

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

data mining

How Process Mining Can Turbo-Charge Internal Audit

For years, auditors have used interviews and workshops to conduct successful company assessments. As more businesses become digitized, auditors need to blend those traditional techniques with a more data-driven approaches. In the face of higher expectations for accuracy, internal audit departments need to take note: big data is changing the Read More