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, 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
Fairness in artificial intelligence has moved from a technical topic to a governance responsibility. Regulators and investors now expect boards to identify who owns algorithmic risk, to understand how high‑impact models make decisions, and to show that monitoring is continuous. Internal audit is not expected to rebuild models. Its job Read More
GUEST BLOG POST Let me start with a real-life story. When I worked at Solectron, the former CFO, Kiran Patel, held an all-finance meeting in one of our manufacturing plants in Milpitas, California. At the end of the meeting, a lady who had been with the company for many years Read More
Technology budgets at legal departments are predicted to double in the next two years, according to research and analysis by Gartner Inc. According to the business and technology insights company, specialized legal AI platforms, such as Harvey, Legora, GC AI, and Thomson Reuters CoCounsel, are delivering significant productivity and efficiency Read More
No alert fires. No system throws an error. The model confabulates, and the organization relies on it. Most organizations assume they are reviewing AI outputs. In practice, many are reading confident text without asking whether a single sentence is accurate. This is the hallucination problem. For internal audit functions serious Read More
There is a particular kind of risk that keeps model risk officers up at night. It is the risk of a model that keeps running, keeps producing outputs, keeps feeding decisions into the business, while quietly becoming wrong. No alert fires. No dashboard turns red. The model simply drifts, and Read More
GUEST BLOG POST – On the road to growth, new disruptions have challenged boards and senior executives to stay on track and prevent teams from spinning out during any sharp turns the business needs to make. Internal auditors are helping organizations drive faster by tapping the brakes when necessary and Read More
Auditing or managing compliance projects means that you are responsible for ensuring your organization meets regulatory standards and protects sensitive data. However, security doesn’t work the way it used to. The network perimeter is becoming harder to define as employees work remotely, companies adopt cloud environments, and more third-party vendors Read More
Internal audit is a key part of organizational transformation projects. It has changed from a traditional inspector of compliance to a strategic partner that protects value creation and drives long-lasting change. With this new job, auditors can plan for disruptions, build resilience, and make sure that changes are in line Read More
