4, ba Our approach for this in-person training event is to provide the relevant information which internal control professionals will need to fulfill the "Internal Control Life Cycle" using the "top-down, risk-based" approach. We provide the background knowledge sources, advice on how to conduct risk assessments, discuss scoping, and review how to plan the assessment of an internal control framework based on COSO. Risk management activities ar...

4, ba Cybersecurity is one of the biggest internal control areas that need executive attention. You just received an urgent call from the CEO. An e-mail was received demanding $10M Bitcoin to be paid as ransom to unencrypt the company's data. ​"Oh no! Maybe if we audited the organization's Cybersecurity program and controls before this happened, we might not be in this mess!" ​Sound familiar? Hundreds of Security, Compliance and Au...

4, ba So, you've accepted a new position as an Internal Auditor; congratulations, and welcome to our world! Internal Auditors provide an extremely important and unique function: to independently assess controls to balance risk that may impede the objectives of an organization. We are the "last line of defense" in organizations to report risk events. Please join us for this valuable in-person, interactive training and allow our expert instructo...

4, ba Are your audit leadership skills working to get the job done? This in-person event is focused on helping attendees in mastering the skills necessary to efficiently lead audit teams. This course provides new leaders with the tools needed to effectively lead audit teams, while exploring the life cycle of an audit from an audit leader's perspective. "This course is not just for auditors or new audit leaders, it is for anyone who wants an un...

4, ba Forensic accounting is a specialty practice area where accounting, auditing and investigative skills are used to analyze and present information that is suitable for use in a court of law. Topics covered include fraud detection and fraud investigation techniques, valuation of closely held businesses, lost profits analyses, and various types of litigation support services. Fundamental legal concepts governing expert witness testimony are...

4, ba Are your ITGC audits really helping to reduce your cybersecurity risks? This CPE internal auditor training event is designed for the financial auditor and IT auditor who need to improve their practical knowledge covering information technology general controls (ITGC). The attendees are walked through the concepts and frameworks that are important to the ITGC internal audit activities in order to create an added value for their organizati...

Forced by the pandemic and remote work requirements, agencies at all levels of governments made a pivot to digital services quickly in 2020. Now, many organizations are pausing to evaluate their progress so far and create a strategic plan to target new opportunities, evaluate customer expectations and experience, and address workforce training needed in the new environment. As part of this digital re-evaluation, agencies will need to get buy-i...

Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience North America will bring together leading stakeholders from industry, operators, agencies and governments to collaborate on securing North America. The conference will look at developing on the theme of previous events in helping to create better understanding of the issues and the threats, to help facilitate the work to develop frameworks, good risk management, strategic planning and implementation.

The nation’s defense systems and capabilities are challenged as never before-- on the ground, in the air, on the seas, in cyberspace and real space. The military must rise to those challenges on all those fronts to ensure the nation is secure. Information technology remains warfighters’ and defenders’ powerful primary tool for their jobs. From cloud computing, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence, to machine learning and...

When the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act became law at the beginning of 2021, it added resources and high level support for the government’s expansion of its pilot AI projects into large scale applications. A new AI Initiative Office was created at the White House to provide policy guidance and help speed the use of AI to leverage government data. The Government Accountability Office published its Federal AI Accountabilit...