At the end of September the IIA and ISACA announced they had reached an agreement to “create a basis for cooper­ation and collab­o­ration” between the organi­za­tions. The agreement is formalized in a Memo of Under­standing that has been signed by both parties. The MoU lists a few areas where this agreement makes cooper­ation possible: Speaking […]

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Earlier this week I watched a webinar put on by the Audit Director Round­table, a great resource for internal auditors, titled Enter­prise Risk Audit Planning. If you follow me on Twitter, you might have seen this: @neilmcintyre: IT problems for Audit Director Round­table delay the start of the Enter­prise Risk Audit Planning webinar The problem was […]

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Dear readers, It is with great reluc­tance that I announce the closing of this blog. As of this Friday, May 9, 2008, I will leave public accounting to pursue new oppor­tu­nities in the wide world of industry in internal audit. I have met a lot of great people within the profession through this blog and it […]

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One of the most challenging aspects of my job as a public accountant and auditor is explaining to clients why I’d like to do what I need to do. Frequently you’ll find in your position as the auditor that client employees will enjoy seeing you twist in the wind and will find the most effective way […]

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The silence from this blog lately has been deafening. Time to pick the low-hanging fruit and churn out something, anything, to let my readers know I’m not dead yet. First of all, my buddy Krupo’s been cranking out quality, enter­taining posts every other day it seems. In this latest post on unions, he lays the smack […]

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