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AI Assurance: How to Turn AI Risk into Board Decisions
This year marked a turning point for AI: it went from an experimental technology to being embedded in every function of an organisation. It's no...
How To Identify And Fix Internal Control Weaknesses
In 2020, one-third of all fraud committed was a result of internal control weaknesses - and the threat of fraud has grown exponentially since....
The Ultimate Agenda Template for Audit and Risk Committees
Looking for an easy-to-use agenda template that you can implement immediately? We have one right here. Ethics and Boards, in partnership with...
5 Important Questions with Dino Carletti on the Future of Auditing
AFIIA 2026 brought together internal auditors, risk professionals and governance leaders from across Africa to discuss the future of auditing. From...
The Future of Internal Audit: Bruce Kotsi’s Perspective
The future of internal audit changes every day. Today’s auditors are expected to understand technology, interpret data, communicate with executives,...
From IT Auditor to GRC Consultant: Sonja’s Journey
Today’s IT auditor is expected to understand technology, improve processes, and help organisations work smarter and more efficiently. Meet the...
Why Curiosity Is the Ultimate Superpower in Assurance: Nothando’s Journey
Meet the Auditor: Nothando Masanabo As part of Internal Audit Awareness Month, we’re highlighting the professionals...
The Human Side of GRC Technology: Yusuf’s Honest Perspective
As part of Internal Audit Awareness Month, we’re continuing our “Meet the Auditor” series by spotlighting the people helping organisations...
Why Audit is the Best Job in the World: Nelia’s JourneyÂ
As part on Internal Audit Awareness Month, we're highlighting why audit is still the best job in the world. We’re continuing our “Meet the Auditor”...
From Internal Audit to Innovation: Hemita Govind’s Journey to GRC Technology in South Africa
As part of our Internal Audit Awareness Month series, we’re continuing to spotlight the professionals helping organisations find GRC technology in...
Real People Behind Governance: A Conversation with Shaaista Khan
As part of Internal Audit Awareness Month, we’re celebrating the people behind the profession - the thinkers, problem-solvers, and trusted...
AI for Internal Audit: Exclusive IIA Whitepaper with Expert Advice
With the sheer amount of data that audit teams deal with on a daily basis, it's no wonder that AI for internal audit has become a trending topic in...
The 6 Ultimate AI Trends for GRC We’ll See in 2026
In 2025, we saw the world of generative AI explode, particularly in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) spaces. Yet, when examining AI trends,...
Audit Reporting: How to Control the Message
An Important Question... ...What makes Audit Reporting so Difficult? Making sense of your organisation's data can be challenging. It's even more...
3 Easy Strategies for a Better Audit Committee and Internal Audit
The audit committee and internal audit relationship has become a hot topic at leadership conferences, and with regulations growing daily, it's easy...
Achieving Operational Efficiency with Internal Audit: A Helpful Guide
First, An Important Question How do you achieve efficiency with internal audit? If you have no answer, this eBook is for you. Today, many companies...
What is Technology for Audit? How It’s Changing Audit Teams for the Better
Technology for audit is a polarising topic, with leaders wanting to embrace the future and audit teams becoming concerned that traditional roles may...
Audit Infrastructure: How to Get Ahead of the Expanding Scope
How to Boost Your Audit Infrastructure in 5 Proven Steps Audit teams are facing mounting challenges and mismatched expectations. On the one hand,...
Four Powerful Benefits of AI for Compliance, Audit, and Risk
Keeping up with regulations, risks, and mountains of data is no easy task for audit, risk, and compliance teams. Spreadsheets and old-school tools...
What is the Role of Audit in ESG?
Over the past several years, there has been growing pressure on companies to demonstrate not only their progress on environmental, social, and...
Healthcare Data Made Simple: UnitingCare Case Study
The UnitingCare risk and assurance team uses the Diligent platform to connect to and uncover insights into massive healthcare data. One of...
How to Modernise Your Internal Audit Infrastructure: A Checklist
A checklist for optimising efficiency and impact in internal audit. Running an internal audit department today isn’t easy. Regulations and business...
How to Save $2 Million with Diligent Audit: A Case Study
Your audit team is under increasing pressure to accomplish more with less. So how do you stay ahead of evolving responsibilities — without having to...
Diligent Named the Best in Forrester Report on GRC Software
New York, December 6, 2023 – Diligent, a leading GRC SaaS company, today announced it has been named a Leader in a Forrester Report: Governance,...
The Best GRC Platform: The Forrester Wave Exclusive Report
Nearly every organisation is under pressure to enhance their GRC reporting capabilities and find the best GRC platform. But the challenge of...
Audit Technology Security: A Checklist For Protecting Your Organisation
Whether you are a small, medium or large organisation, a breach due to poor audit technology security can be catastrophic. The right audit software...
How To Elevate Audit With Strategic Technology: Navigating Transformation
As the third line of defence, offer unique insights on intangibles like ESG, DEI, human capital, and cyber resiliency. Utilising a new way to audit...
Continuous Monitoring: Guaranteed Efficiency Using an “Always On” Approach
Internal audit teams must evolve, adopting agility and broadening their scope to serve as trusted advisors and demonstrate business value....
Using Robotics To Do More With Less: A CAE’s Helpful Guide
If it feels like your audit team, led by the Chief Audit Executive (CAE) using robotics, is "drinking from a firehose," you're not alone. Demands on...
The Benefits a Robot for Data Analytics in Audit
For internal audit teams, data analytics automation for internal audit is a touted superpower speeding up calculations, improving accuracy, and...
Audit Analytics Tool: 6 Important Considerations For Better Buying
As more and more organisations rely on data to make strategic decisions, an audit analytics tool has become essential for internal and...
Internal Audit Software: 7 Methods For Successful Integration
In the early 2000s, internal audit teams primarily conducted cyclical audits, often disconnected from organisational objectives. Today, with a focus...
The Ultimate Buyer’s Guide to Audit Management Software
Why the need for a guide to audit management software? The answer is simple: for today’s internal audit teams, the audits themselves are only one...
5 Steps For Introducing Audit Software Into Your Organisation
In addition to performing traditional cyclical audits, today’s internal audit teams are advisors to every aspect of their organisation’s operations....
How To Use Data Analytics To Improve Your Internal Audit Function
More and more auditors are using data analytics in audit to improve their internal audit programs and processes as well as deliver a more...
What Do Boards Want From Audit? 6 Powerful Ways Auditors Can Guide Business Strategy
Considering the “third line of defence,” it’s the job of the audit team to remain independent from the rest of the organisation while they...
Sprinting Ahead With Agile Auditing: How to Keep Pace
Audit teams are now continuously striving to do everything quicker and more efficiently, usually without enough resources. In fact, 27% of CAEs cite...
Internal Controls Testing: How To Use Automation For Success
Your internal controls provide the confidence you need that your processes will ensure compliance with regulations, legislation and best practices....
Continuous Audit: A Powerful Approach for Controls and Risk
Continuous audit is emerging as an effective strategy for managing and minimising organisational risk. A few years ago, the Journal of...
Audit Planning: Why Is It So Important?
Audit planning stands as the crucial inaugural step in the audit process, forming the bedrock of a successful audit. Effective planning ensures a...
Control Assessments: 3 Surprising Benefits of Delegating Them
Amidst escalating responsibilities in governance, risk management, and compliance, internal auditors aim to enhance their value by delivering...
How to Get Ready for the Boardroom: A Chief Audit Executive’s Checklist
As financial and compliance activities increasingly demand oversight from audit committees, a comprehensive Chief Audit Executive checklist is...
8 Features Of the Best Audit Management Software
In recent years, the audit community embraced electronic working papers for collaboration, but this led to the challenge of dark data. To address...
Future-Proofing Internal Audit: A Helpful Guide for Audit Teams
Discover how internal audit can evolve from compliance-focused roles to strategic advisors, leveraging AI, machine learning, RPA, and data analytics...
How to Use A Tech-Aware Audit Function For Success
How do companies build a more agile, tech-aware audit function? What new audit technologies are necessary? How will these technologies change audit...
5 Best Practices For Auditors: Enhancing Collaboration and Strategic Value
Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), internal auditors play a crucial role, ensuring effective risk management, governance, and internal control...
7 Easy Strategies For Better Government Internal Audit Management
Internal audit is critical for monitoring government departments’ governance, risk management, and compliance processes. It helps keep all public entities on the right path and is key to delivering the “checks and balances” and monitoring the organisation to avoid emerging risks.
5 Secrets to Meet the Needs of the Audit Committee
Discover how CAEs can navigate the evolving corporate landscape, address ESG concerns, and become trusted advisers to audit committees.
RPA For Auditing: The Surprising Benefits
Let's start at the beginning: what is RPA for auditing? The buzz surrounding robotics and robotic process automation (RPA) is hard to ignore in...