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  • Newsletter

    November 29, 2023
    Compared to prior years, our suggested 2024 audit committee agenda has taken a bit of a turn due to ongoing and recent market and regulatory developments.A complex business environment: The 2024 audit committee agenda includes important enterprise, governance, process, technology, and financial reporting and disclosure issues that merit consideration by the audit committee beyond its ongoing…
  • Infographic

    July 30, 2024
    An illustration of the evolution of the internal audit profession following the passage of the COSO Internal Control – Integrated Framework more than 30 years ago, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act over two decades ago.
  • Newsletter

    April 24, 2021
    Protiviti’s recent webinar was attended by over 250 participants, including Board & Audit Committee Members, Chief Audit Executives, C-suite executives and other Management levels across different industries in the MENA region. Protiviti had carried out a recent study to obtain insights from various Board & Audit Committee members on the mandate of the Audit Committee in 2021, which was…
  • Newsletter

    December 1, 2024
    The next 12 months are likely to be another challenging year for audit committees. The 9 topics we have highlighted for 2025 may include some areas audit committees would consider beyond the official scope of responsibility as outlined in their respective charters.
  • Survey

    April 17, 2025
    In a dynamic business landscape filled with uncertainty, CAEs perceive most of the macroeconomic, strategic and operational risks organisations face to be higher magnitude threats compared to CEOs, CFOs and other C-suite respondents to our latest Top Risks Survey. This makes it imperative for internal audit leaders to work closely with leaders in the enterprise to ensure that risks are thoroughly…
  • Newsletter

    November 29, 2023
    As they self-assess their performance periodically, audit committees may find useful the illustrative questions we have made available in our Assessment Questions for Audit Committees to Consider. Committee members should periodically assess the committee’s composition, charter and agenda focus in view of the company’s industry, circumstances, risks, financial reporting issues and current…
  • Whitepaper

    October 9, 2020
    Historically, approach towards managing the fraud risk in an organization has been reactive; however, with the increase in the incidence of fraud (due to the pandemic, and in general), the boards of the companies are now more pro-active in discussing and implementing measures to manage the fraud risk for their organization. With the increase in the risk of the occurrence of fraud which got…
  • Client Story

    April 9, 2025
    Protiviti partnered with a leading renewable energy company in order to conduct an audit which focused on evaluating construction quality and maintaining structural strength over time. The main aim was to recognize inefficiencies and improve quality standards throughout operations, with special emphasis on guaranteeing the structural robustness of wind turbine foundations.
  • Podcast

    January 11, 2023
    The greatest IT audit concerns lie with cybersecurity-related breaches and related risk issues. Data governance and data integrity are being scrutinised. Regulatory compliance burdens and risk are increasing rapidly. These are among the key takeaways from the results of the latest IT Audit Technology Risks Survey from ISACA and Protiviti, in which more than 7,500 IT audit leaders and…
  • Whitepaper

    September 19, 2022
    Survey Shows Elevated Concerns Around Cybersecurity, Privacy and Compliance for the Technology, Media and Telecom Industry For the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) industry, the greatest IT audit concerns in 2022 lie with cybersecurity-related breaches, privacy and regulatory compliance. More than 1,000 IT audit leaders and professionals from the TMT industry provided this…
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