Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

The Institute of Internal Auditors has published a new guide to help auditors deal with the challenges of “big data,” the huge volumes of structured and unstructured information that’s being generated ...

Data security, once the realm of the IT department, has catapulted into a headline-grabbing topic in 2018, especially in light of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before Congress in April.

For all the hype about artificial intelligence (AI) in audit, David Heath’s starting point is more prosaic: auditors still spend too much time chasing ...

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 ...

Most companies are subject to audit, be these quality or financial. Audits, as defined in the internal standards for quality audits, ISO 19011:2018—Guidelines for auditing management systems, are a ...

Data privacy is at the top of the agenda as companies strive to comply with regulations such as the EU General Update To Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). At a time when firms are collecting vast ...

As the world of business grows in complexity, the Internal Audit process has become more time consuming and difficult. Internal auditors are often unable to validate that a business is being run ...

In a finding that should surprise no one, an audit of how UK political parties are handling voter information has surfaced a damning lack of compliance with data protection rules across the political ...