Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by Relevance Date Order Asc Desc Infographic May 8, 2023 Infographic | COSO ESG Guidance Webinar: Internal Control Over ESG Operations, Compliance & Reporting The Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) recently released interpretive guidance for organisations about designing, evaluating and achieving effective internal control over sustainability reporting (ICSR) using COSO’s globally recognised Internal Control — Integrated Framework (ICIF), developed in 2013. The intended outcome is to build trust and confidence in… Insights paper November 18, 2025 Audit Committee Self-Assessment Guide: Key Questions for 2026 Effective audit committees continuously evaluate their roles, responsibilities, and performance to drive improvement. Our Audit Committee Self-Assessment Questions are designed to help guide committees in their evaluation.These questions are illustrative and do not purport to cover every topic the committee should consider, nor are they intended to be a one-size-fits-all approach that applies to… Whitepaper October 24, 2024 Reframing Regulatory Change: Adapting to Win Regulations continue to expand in number and scope, driven by a variety of sources. As a result, the industry must deal with regulatory change on an ongoing basis. Some companies take an ‘adapting to win’ approach, which benefits not just how they manage regulations (and regulators) but their systems, controls and processes. Whitepaper September 16, 2020 The Road to Resiliency – Building a Robust Audit Plan for Operational Resilience Executive Summary The financial services industry has long relied on internal audit functions to assess and challenge the effectiveness of various programmes designed to protect and build organisational value. These programmes have included disaster recovery, business continuity, risk management, cybersecurity, and many others designed to help institutions recover from an event. The pressure… Client Story May 26, 2023 Transforming risk culture from the bottom up: A global insurance provider’s RCSA journey A leading global property and casualty insurance provider set out to transform its risk controls as part of an ongoing effort to promote a culture of excellence. Siloed knowledge of operational risk and controls made it difficult for the organisation to improve quality and compliance. Establishing awareness of vulnerabilities and mitigation protocols across the organisation would boost regulatory… Whitepaper December 17, 2024 Application of Natural Language Processing in The Context of Internal Audit Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a subdiscipline of artificial intelligence technologies at the intersection of linguistics and computer science. It encompasses a range of computational methods for analyzing and representing naturally occurring texts in a linguistic analysis to recreate human-like processing of various tasks and applications [1]. NLP can therefore be described as a machine’s… Whitepaper December 17, 2024 Internal Audit Applications Of Machine Learning When analysing and addressing risks, internal audit functions deal with the analysis of large amounts of data. This is exactly where ML algorithms can be extremely helpful to identify hidden patterns and anomalies in the data. Isolating these most risky elements in a given audit area increases efficiency, effectiveness and overall risk coverage in the internal audit process.Modern developments in… Newsletter March 9, 2023 A Director’s Responsibility to the CEO Das beispiellose Tempo von Innovationen auf dem Markt und die widersprüchlichen Anforderungen zahlreicher Interessengruppen setzen den CEO unter besonderen Druck. Inwiefern tragen die Vorstandsmitglieder zur Leistung und Funktionsfähigkeit des CEO bei? Newsletter April 17, 2020 COVID-19: Paradigm Shift in the Boardroom (An Expanded Discussion) The discussion below is a more complete coverage, including examples, of the topic addressed in Issue 127 of Board Perspectives: Risk Oversight and on NACD/BoardTalk.The global COVID-19 pandemic is a different experience from other catastrophic events like the September 11, 2001 attacks and the 2007-2008 global financial crisis. It is spawning new thinking in all quarters,… Blogs March 19, 2025 IAASB’s ISSA 5000 Sets the Global Standard for Sustainability Assurance The International Standard on Sustainability Assurance, or ISSA 5000, developed by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) in late 2024, is widely expected to be the global benchmark for sustainability assurance, influencing the future of sustainability audits. As regulatory mandates for sustainability reporting increase, organisations seeking to enhance the credibility… Load More
