Risk in Focus 2022 – Hot topics for internal auditors

The world has changed. Internal audit must change too.

Organisations and their internal audit functions face a dizzying pace of change and unprecedented uncertainty. The pandemic has destabilised operations and labour, disrupted supply and demand, and undermined previously sound business models to an extent few would have thought possible.

Internal audit must understand this change in the outside world, articulate how well it believes the organisation is adapting to these pressures and identify how effectively associated risks are being accounted for and managed.

For six years, Risk in Focus tries to highlight the most important risk areas in order to help internal auditors prepare independent risk assessment work, annual planning and audit scoping.

This year, Risk in Focus 2022 included a collaboration between 12 internal audit institutes.

You can read and download Risk in Focus 2022 here.