Whether your firm is small or one of the largest organizations in the country, it pays to develop and maintain a strategic audit plan, according to Lorin Venable, CPA, CGMA. As assistant inspector ...

One of internal audit's values is to tell management when the controls to manage risks and assure opportunities aren't working. Internal audit should have a plan for the work it will do, and by now we ...

A marketing plan audit is a comprehensive review used to evaluate marketing strategy, gauge return on investment and ensure meeting an organization's objectives. Simply, the audit will identify ...

Big Data is powerful. It can also be daunting. The current data analytic landscape focuses on the use of “scripts” that can identify duplicates and quantitative outliers. Yet, there is little guidance ...

The United States Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) recently issued a Compliance Supplement for 2019 that includes, for the first time, audit objectives for colleges and universities concerning ...

Our audit plan aligns with Northwestern’s fiscal year, which begins September 1 and ends August 31. We develop our annual audit plan using a risk-based approach that considers numerous factors, such ...

To define the purpose, authority and responsibilities of the Internal Audit Office and establish the principles and framework that govern it. 2. Objectives and Scope The Internal Auditor 1 is ...

The Business Continuity Institute defines the purpose of business continuity management as identifying "potential impacts that threaten an organization and provid[ing] a framework for building ...