Advanced Risk - based Auditing
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Advanced Risk - based Auditing Course
Introduction:
Managing risks is crucial for maintaining effective corporate governance and a robust system of internal control. Internal audit plays a vital role in ensuring that risks within an organization are appropriately managed. Risk-based auditing establishes a connection between internal audit and the organization's overall risk management framework.
This course equips participants with the necessary knowledge to develop an audit universe and create a risk-based internal audit plan. It covers emerging and advanced risk management topics, including governance risk, strategic risk, fraud risk, information technology risk, and auditing the risk management process. By attending this course, participants will gain insights into effective risk management practices and enhance their auditing capabilities.
Course Objectives:
By the end of this Advanced Risk-based Auditing course, you will be able to:
- Identify corporate governance principles.
- Explain the relationship between governance principles and COSO frameworks.
- Explain the relationship between governance, risk and control.
- Identify strategy risk audits.
- Identify the strategy process audits.
- Identify types of fraud.
- Examine an anti-fraud program and the role of risk assessment.
- Identify IT risk assessment frameworks.
- Discuss cybersecurity, information security, and information technology (IT) governance risks.
- Assess enterprise risk management process risks.
- Apply enterprise risk management maturity and comprehensive assessment approaches.
- Develop an auditable universe risk assessment.
- Apply risk identification, measurement, and prioritization techniques.
Who Should Attend?
This Advanced Risk-based Auditing course is designed for:
- senior internal audit practitioners and audit managers who want to build on their knowledge and increase their value to the organization by developing effective risk-based audit plans that address emerging risks.
Course Outlines:
Risk Management Principles and Concepts
- Risk definitions
- Risk management definitions
- Major control and risk frameworks
- Risk management assessment criteria
Corporate Governance Risk
- Overview, definition, and standards
- Relationship between governance, risk and control
- Governance breakdowns
- Corporate governance principles
- Governance principles and COSO frameworks
- Audit activities and approach
Strategic Risk
- Strategy overview
- Definition of strategic risk
- Internal audit’s consideration of strategic risk
- Strategy related audit
- Strategy risk audits
- Strategy process audits
Fraud Risk Assessment
- Definition and principles
- Standards and guidelines
- Anti-fraud program
- Role of internal audit
- Internal audit approach
- Types of fraud
- The fraud triangle
Information Technology Risk
- The IT risk landscape
- IT risk assessment frameworks
- Internal audit considerations
- Internal audit focus o Cybersecurity o Information security o Governance
Auditing the ERM Process
- Enterprise risk management audits: Internal audit considerations
- Assessing enterprise risk management
- Maturity assessment approach
- Comprehensive assessment approach
Developing the Risk-based Audit Plan
- Auditable universe: General attributes
- Audit universe risk assessment: Examples
- Assessment criteria: Sophistication factors
- Risk identification
- · Risk measurement
- Risk prioritization