With the onset of and hype around ChatGPT, companies increasingly start experimenting with tools that involve artificial intelligence (AI). However, guidance and frameworks on how internal auditing can deal with AI remain scarce. Back in 2017, the IIA outlined in their white paper Artificial Intelligence – Considerations for the Profession of Internal Auditing that internal […]
In its report, Accountancy Europe, a professional membership organization uniting 50 professional organizations representing qualified accountants, auditors and advisors across Europe, provides clarity on the structure of public audit oversight following changes within European Union (EU) audit legislation in 2014. In light of one key objective within the changes in EU regulation: harmonization of public […]
Why is root cause analysis so important? When you go to a doctor, do you want him to tell you what is wrong with you so that you can begin treating the disease? Or are you satisfied that the doctor only treats the symptoms and does not diagnose the actual disease? Of course not. Well, […]
Increasingly popular in accounting are bots for automating tasks and processes using robotic process automation (RPA). Bots can also be used by auditors to automate repetitive tasks. However, they often don’t know which tasks to automate. The new study, „A Framework for Using Robotic Process Automation for Audit Tasks,“ by Marc Eulerich, Justin Pawlowski, Nathan […]
Starting from traditional waterfall development, agility has been writ large in recent years. The latest trend is called Development Security Operations (DevSecOps). More and more companies are adopting DevSecOps. They are seen as an evolutionary extension of agile principles. For example, percentage a Gartner publication („Hype Cycle for Agile and DevOps“) shows that the percentage of […]
Oft wird künstliche Intelligenz als der nächste gewaltige Schritt in der Technologie-Entwicklung angesehen, vergleichbar mit einst der Industrialisierung. Zugleich macht der Gedanke an KI vielen Menschen auch Angst: Sie schlägt uns heute schon im Online-Shop Produkte vor, die unseren Wünschen entsprechen. Künftig soll sie zudem Autos steuern oder bei der ärztlichen Diagnose unterstützen. Doch, wie […]
Dynamische Märkte verlangen heute zeitnahe Informationen und kürzere Abstand zwischen Bilanzstichtag und Jahresabschlusserstellung. Um den dadurch entstehenden Zeitdruck aufzulösen und eine zeitnahe Beurteilung von Risiken zu ermöglichen, ist eine kontinuierliche Überwachung aller relevanten Prozesse notwendig. In Zeiten der Digitalisierung ermöglichen immer mehr Technologien auf Unternehmens- und Wirtschaftsprüfer-Seite Continuous Auditing. So kann der wachsende Bedarf nach systemorientierten und kontinuierlichen […]