Survey of Internal Audit Leaders Finds Cybersecurity and Human Capital to Be the Highest Risks Across the Globe
LAKE MARY, Fla., Sept. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The Internal Audit Foundation, part of The Institute of Internal Auditors (The IIA), today released the first-ever Global Risk in Focus report series, which surveyed internal audit leaders across Africa, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and North America to get a pulse on the greatest risks impacting their regions. The report found that cybersecurity (73%) and human capital (51%) are currently the most prevalent risks across the globe.
Global Risk in Focus provides practical, data-driven research to help internal auditors and their stakeholders understand the current risk landscape and prepare internal audit plans for the years ahead. The research represents an ambitious expansion of the European Institutes Research Group’s annual Risk in Focus report and provides the first global view of risks from an internal audit perspective.
“In Europe, we’re excited to share our Risk in Focus methodology with other regions around the world so that, together, we can have a full understanding of global risks facing boards…
