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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An organization that is well-prepared for such an audit will make the process less stressful and time-consuming for everyone involved. Safety audits are a great way to ensure that an organization ...

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 ...