All Things Internal Audit

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit In this episode, Charles King sits down with  Becky Mann to discuss what it takes to build and evolve an internal audit function inside a global firm. They share lessons from leading internal audit through disruption, how to structure teams around the business, and why auditors must move beyond rigid audit plans to deliver real...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit In this special episode of All Things Internal Audit,  Anthony Pugliese sits down with IIA Global Board Chair Stacey Schabel to discuss her leadership theme for the year: Risk-Focused, Future-Ready. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience in audit and risk leadership, Schabel shares her vision for helping internal auditors...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit In this episode,  Christina Brune sits down with Randolph Sergent, executive vice president and general counsel at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, to discuss why he decided to pursue the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) designation despite spending his career in the legal profession. Sergent shares how earning the CIA helped hi...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit In this episode,  Deb orah P oulalion and Andy Cook break down key findings from the 2026 North American Pulse of Internal Audit report. They discuss tightening budgets, staffing pressures, the growing importance of strategic alignment, and how audit teams are balancing assurance work with increasing technology and compliance d...

All Things Internal Audit: Fraud Podcast "Checks Payable to Deception" Listen to The IIA's Fraud Podcast, brought to you by  All Things Internal Audit.  The Fraud Podcast provides fictionalized accounts of real-world frauds featured in  Internal Auditor  magazine's Fraud department.  In this episode, A senior living facility's business manager exploits the trust of vulnerable elderly residents. Th...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit Tech In this companion episode to Internal Auditor magazine's " Better Together " article, Paula Michaels talks with  Ash wathama Rajendran about how AI can support more connected, continuous, and coordinated assurance across the three lines. They discuss why combined assurance can be difficult to achieve in practice, how AI ca...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit  In this Internal Audit Awareness Month special, internal audit leaders share the human side of the profession. Through stories of resistance, difficult findings, stakeholder trust, courage, and career-defining moments, the episode highlights how internal auditors add value by building relationships, asking better questions, an...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit  In this episode, Mike Levy sits down with  Reebu George to get practical about one of the most significant shifts underway in internal audit right now: the automation of IT controls. They talk through where this shift is happening, what use cases are proving their value, and how internal audit can lead the conversation rather...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit  In this episode, Ahmed Sharif Hawky and Emmanuel Pascal discuss why  greenwashing  is no longer just a reputational risk, but also a governance and assurance challenge. Together they break down how  greenwashing  qualifies as legal misrepresentation, why most control environments are far weaker than leadership realizes, and wh...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit In this episode, Pam Strobel Powers and Mark Maraccini  discuss The IIA's  recently updated  Global Practice Guide Auditing P ro curemen t in the P ublic Sector. They walk through the three pillars that make  public  sector  pro curement unique, explain how to distinguish a vendor from a subrecipient, and share why fraud risk i...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit Tech  In this episode, Adam Ross speaks with Vipul Patel about how organizations can better prepare for ransomware attacks. They talk through what goes wrong in the first hours of an attack, what smart preparation looks like, and where traditional audit approaches fall short when a business is in crisis mode.   HOST: Adam Ross...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit    In this episode,  Benito Ybarra speaks with Margaret Pacheco about her experience earning the CIA through the Challenge Exam . They discuss who the exam is designed for, how it differs from the traditional three-part path, why it is not a shortcut, and how the CIA can strengthen credibility for internal audit professionals a...

All Things Internal Audit: Fraud Podcast "The Heartbreaking Fraud" Listen to The IIA's Fraud Podcast, brought to you by  All Things Internal Audit.  The Fraud Podcast provides fictionalized accounts of real-world frauds featured in  Internal Auditor  magazine's Fraud department.  In this episode, one ordinary Thursday cracks open a decade of misplaced trust. What starts as a simple payroll questio...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit  What does it take to move an internal audit function from  being  risk traditionalist s  to risk strategist s , and what's quietly holding most teams back?   In this companion episode to  Internal Auditor  magazine's " Becoming a Risk Strategist " article, host Erin Banet  sits down with Jess Rodgers to examine why the traditi...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit  Five women. Five careers. Decades of experience across some of the world's largest organizations. They didn't just find their way into this profession. They helped shape it.  In this companion episode to Internal Auditor magazine's " Leading the Way " article, five internal audit leaders sit for a conversation that's long over...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit  In this companion episode to the Global Best Practices' Elevating Internal Audit Communication With the Board , Rob Clark Jr. and Fábio Pimpão discuss how internal auditors can communicate more effectively with boards and executive leaders. They explore how to simplify complex risks, use storytelling to drive impact, and align...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit Tech  In this episode, Daniel McCarville speaks with Bill Bensing about  shadow  IT and why it continues to emerge inside organizations. They explore how  shadow  IT often signals innovation rather than just risk, and how internal auditors can help organizations balance experimentation, governance, and operational control. The...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit Tech    In this episode, Antonio Cacciapuoti and Alessandro Casarotti unpack the ethical challenges of artificial intelligence in internal audit and anti-financial crime. They discuss  AI  hallucinations as a risk to be governed, not eliminated, and examine why governance, accountability, and human judgment are central to ethic...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit    In this episode, Mike Jacka and  Tshepo Mofokeng tackle one of the most common questions internal auditors face: Who audits the auditors? They break down how the quality assurance and improvement program (QAIP), professional standards, peer reviews, and self-regulation protect the integrity of the profession. They discuss ho...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit    In this episode, Scott Madenburg and  Sanjay Vadlamani talk trust; and why it's the defining currency of internal audit. From hyper-growth environments to large, mature organizations, they discuss how audit teams can build credibility, and deliver value without slowing the business down. Through real-world use cases; includi...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit    In this episode, Adam Ross is joined by Filipe Ribeiro and Julien Perreault to discuss how supply chain risk has evolved into an interconnected, enterprisewide   challenge. They discuss where organizations underestimate exposure, how risks quietly accumulate across the value chain, and why internal audit is uniquely position...

All Things Internal Audit: Fraud Podcast "The Fall of the Trusted Leader" Listen to The IIA's Fraud Podcast, brought to you by  All Things Internal Audit.  The Fraud Podcast provides fictionalized accounts of real-world frauds featured in  Internal Auditor  magazine's Fraud department.  In this episode, a small-town bank built on trust begins to unravel when a persistent internal auditor notices p...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit    In this special milestone episode, Terry Grafenstine sits down with  Anthony  Pugliese to reflect on five years of leadership at The IIA.  He  shares what it's meant to lead a global profession during a period of unprecedented change, from modernizing  the Standards  and advancing advocacy to strengthening the talent pipelin...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit Tech   Internal audit is no longer operating in a world of fixed scopes and hindsight reviews. As risk becomes continuous, digital, and increasingly driven by AI-enabled decisions, audit must evolve just as quickly.     In this episode, Aadesh Gandhre is joined by Dave Montez and Richard Penfil from PayPal to introduce swarm au...

The Institute of Internal Auditors Presents: All Things Internal Audit AI regulation is no longer  on the horizon. It's here.  In this episode,  Ernest  Anun c ia c ion talks with Marko Horvat about how global AI regulations are reshaping governan c e, risk management, and the role of internal audit. They dis c uss why regulators are prioritizing risk to individuals and how AI governan c e spans t...