Richard Chambers' blog

In this blog Internal Audit, COVID-19 Risks, and the Year Ahead on Internal Auditor Online, IIA President and CEO Richard Chambers, CIA, QIAL, CGAP, CCSA, CRMA, shares his personal reflections and insights on the internal audit profession.

Internal Audit, COVID-19 Risks, and the Year Ahead

Readers of my blog know that, in recent years, I have constantly emphasized the importance of internal auditors anticipating future risks for our organizations. As I observed in a 2018 blog post.

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As important as it was to identify emerging risks two years ago, anticipating risks has never been more critical than it is today. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the velocity of risk to an unprecedented level. For many organizations, risk assessments undertaken in 2020 have had shelf lives of only weeks or days. Each day brings new developments that directly influence the likelihood and potential impact of future events.

Read the full InternalAuditor.org blog post from IIA President and CEO Richard Chambers.

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