An internal audit helps a company ensure it has the proper controls, governance and risk management processes in place, according to the Institute of Internal Auditors. By nature, it's an independent ...

A small business's internal control system can only be as strong as the rules, policies and procedures put in place to detect fraud, waste or abuse and protect its financial and physical assets.

For many health systems, internal audit has historically functioned as a rearview mirror, focused on compliance, controls and retrospective assurance. At Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health, that ...

As the cost of compliance continues to increase, risk managers are finding that collaboration across the three lines of defense can achieve an integrated risk management solution that optimizes ...

If, through an internal financial audit, issues are uncovered or the information a company is able to provide is not the specific, higher-level information needed, it will delay the audit process, ...

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is seeing some improvements in audits of internal control over financial reporting, but also some contradictory findings. In a speech last week during the ...

The Comptroller General of the Republic has launched a new Internal Audit Unit (UAI) at the headquarters of the National ...

Internal Auditing is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organization's operations. It helps an organization accomplish objectives by ...