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Based on a series of hugely popular articles from Compliance Week, this book is a concise commentary on strategic issues concerning the way internal audit is established, planned, and performed. High-level issues sit alongside practical guidance to ensure the book appeals to all levels of internal audit management staff. The book introduces the internal audit function and then looks at specific topics that internal auditors must know, including risk management, IT security, business continuity, ethics, and compliance.
The author draws on a wide range of resources and includes details of websites and key literature that encourage further exploration. Commentaries on the wide variety of topics that the author has examined over the years are followed up by various references, including the most important work of the Institute of Internal Auditors.
Dan Swanson has more than 26 years’ experience as an internal auditor. He was formerly the Director of Professional Practices at the Institute of Internal Auditors. Dan has completed audit projects for over 30 different organizations, spending almost 10 years in government auditing (federal, provincial, and municipal levels) and the rest in the private sector, mainly in the financial services, transportation, and health sectors. Dan has completed more than 50 IT conversion audits and a dozen comprehensive audits of the IT function.
