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KPMG’s 2009 IT Internal Audit Survey Many organizations face a continually changing set of pressures and dynamics in the current economic climate. Faced with shrinking markets, they can choose to rationalize, merge or contract. The technology thread which holds systems and processes together is at risk. As a consequence, IT Internal Audit plays an integral role in maintaining discipline and rigor across functions and geographies. |
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Frontiers in Finance - June 2009 The financial services sector, like the global economy as a whole, faces a long and potentially bumpy road to recovery. One of the foundations for long term stability should be regulatory reform. While regulation cannot eliminate all risk from financial markets, the old regime was in need of some redevelopment. |
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The KPMG IT Governance Forum - Developments in IT Internal Audit IT is increasingly being recognised as an enabler to meet business and regulatory needs. With the ever increasing capability and complexity of what IT can deliver the role of the IT internal auditor has had to change in response. Gone are the days where it would suffice for technology internal auditors to have a general systems understanding in isolation of the business and the market it operates in. There is now a far greater need than ever to understand the business, the market, the industry and also the risks applicable to each.
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Frontiers in Finance - March 2009 The crisis is far from over.Determined action by goverments and regulators seems to have stabilized the banking system and headed off a catastrophic collapse.But in stormy times,the atmosphere remains fearful;credit is still tight; and the twin perils of recession financial protectionism have the potential to inflict lasting damage on the real economy. |