by Sikandar Usmani | Mar 22, 2024 | GRC
Indeed, the development of an internal audit strategy is the first and foremost aspect of setting up an internal audit function. But how do we go about doing that? It’s not just about the prerequisite, which it surely is, in fact it’s a precursor. Before you all begin...
by Sikandar Usmani | Mar 1, 2024 | GRC
Mind you, it’s not a trait if it comes down to a value that’s professed and publicized but never practiced. Something that’s written everywhere across the premises of an organization to give the impression that it means everything to it, means nothing if it doesn’t...
by Sikandar Usmani | Feb 21, 2024 | GRC
Something upfront first, Audit is not threatened by the invasion of Artificial Intelligence (AI), simply because audit is an act of intellect, practiced by people possessing intelligence. As a matter of fact, save for our existence, AI isn’t a threat! I won’t however...
by Sikandar Usmani | Feb 10, 2024 | GRC
Transitioning from the International Standards for Professional Practice of Internal Auditors (ISPPIA) to the newly issued Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS), it’s time we rethink the needs fulfilled or vacuum filled by these standards, understand the best...
by Sikandar Usmani | Jan 31, 2024 | GRC
In this era where artificial intellect is gaining widespread traction in every field not just because it has changed the way in which work is done or productivity is enhanced, but because it has challenged the limits of our understanding and resulted in objectives...
by Sikandar Usmani | Jan 15, 2024 | GRC
It’s not that accountants can’t give good advice. It’s also not that the accountants won’t share competent advice. It’s very much about what they can give owing to the work they do. Recently in a friends get together; I came across an interesting comment; privately...
