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DOWNLOADABLE RESEARCH
Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): What's in it for Internal Auditors
-- Garbellotto
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): What Internal Auditors Need to Know
-- The IIA Research Foundation
Using Expert Knowledge Structures to Design Fraud Risk Assessment Decision Aids
-- Rose and Strand
Why ERM is Vital: Learning from Company Experiences with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Compliance
-- Sutton, Arnold, Benford, Canada
EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS
Legal Services: Auditing the Process
-- Fargason
Performance Auditing: A Measurement Approach, 2nd Edition
-- Morgan and Raaum
Quality Assessment Manual, 6th Edition
-- The Institute of Internal Auditors
Auditor de Servicios Financieros Certificado (CFSA®)
-- Marcella, Sampias, Kincaid with translation by IIA Spain, IIA Mexico, and IIA Argentina
Certificación en Autoevaluación de Control (CCSA®)
-- Marcella, Sampias, Kincaid with translation by IIA Spain, IIA Mexico, and IIA Argentina
Profesional Certificado en Auditoría Gubernamental (CGAP®)
-- Sampias, Kincaid, Marcella with translation by IIA Spain, IIA Mexico, and IIA Argentina
RESEARCH
Honest, Competent Government: The Promise of Performance Auditing
-- Funkhouser
Then and Now: Expectations and Reality of Sarbanes-Oxley
-- Gray
DOWNLOADABLE RESEARCH
Internal Audit Reporting Lines: Fraud Risk Decomposition, and Assessments of Fraud Risk
-- Phelps/Milne
An Evaluation of Internal Auditor Responsibility for Fraud Detection
-- DeZoort/Harrison
Leveraging IT Controls to Improve IT Operating Performance
-- Phelps/Milne
Using Nonfinancial Measures to to Assess Fraud Risk
-- Brazel/Jones/Zimbelman
FORUMS AND SYMPOSIUMS
IT Audit Research Symposium, San Francisco, July 2008
-- IIA Advanced Technology Committee and The IIA Research Foundation
EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS
Auditing the Procurement Function
-- O’Regan
Evaluación Eficaz del Sistema de Control Interno
-- Berbia
GAIN Compensation Study
-- The IIA Research Foundation/Global Auditing Information Network (GAIN)
Threat! Managing Risk in a Hostile World
-- Ulsch
RESEARCH
Four Approaches to Enterprise Risk Management... and Opportunities in Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
-- Roth
A Global Summary of the Common Body of Knowledge (CBOK) 2006
-- The IIA Research Foundation
DOWNLOADABLE RESEARCH
Emerging Issues Series, Vol. 2, No. 1 - IIA Standard 1312 - External Quality Assessments: Results, Tools, Techniques and Lessons Learned
-- The IIA Research Foundation
The Role of Internal Auditing During Mergers & Acquisitions: The European Union Experience
-- Dounis
FORUMS AND SYMPOSIUMS
IT Audit Research Symposium, Amsterdam, July 2007
-- IIA Advanced Technology Committee and The IIA Research Foundation
EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS
Auditing Human Resources
-- Vito
Conflict Management and Negotiations Skills for Internal Auditors
-- Pastor
Essentials: An Internal Auditing Operations Manual
Thomas
Ethics and Compliance: Challenges for Internal Auditing
-- Verschoor
Intellectual Property: Auditing the Process
-- Fargason
Internal Auditing: Assurance and Consulting Services
-- Reding, Sobel, Anderson, Head, Ramamoorti, Salamasick, Cris
Professional Practices Framework March 2007
-- The Institute of Internal Auditors
RESEARCH
The Role of the Internal Audit Function in Enterprise-Wide Risk Management (ERM)
-- Gramling and Myers
DOWNLOADABLE RESEARCH
Managing Strategic Alliance Risk: Survey Evidence of Control Practices in Collaborative Inter-organizational Settings
-- Anderson/Christ/Sedatole
The Role of Internal Audit in Sensitive Communications
-- Kaplan/Schultz
FORUMS AND SYMPOSIUMS
IT Audit Research Symposium, Houston, June 2006
-- IIA Advanced Technology Committee and The IIA Research Foundation
EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS
Implementing the Professional Practices Framework, 2nd Edition
-- Anderson/Dahle
Internal Auditor Job Market 2005-2006
-- Oxner/Oxner
Quality Assessment Manual 5th Edition
-- The Institute of Internal Auditors
Sustainability and Internal Auditing
-- Nieuwlands
RESEARCH
Audit Committee Effectiveness-What Works Best, 3rd Edition
-- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Characteristics of the Internal Audit Function and Earnings Management
-- Prawitt, Smith, Wood
Continuous Auditing: An Operational Model for Internal Auditors
-- Abdolmohammadi and Sharbatouglie
Enterprise Risk Management and the Internal Audit Function
-- Beasley, Clune, Hermanson
Factors Affecting Corporate Governance and Audit Committees in Selected Countries (France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States)
-- Soltani
Internal Auditors' Assessment and Communication of Risk
-- Carpenter, Reimers
XBRL: Potential Opportunities and Issues for Internal Auditors
-- Gray
DOWNLOADABLE RESEARCH
Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Work: Looking at the Benefits
-- Rittenberg/Miller
EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS
Auditing the Casino Floor: A Handbook for Auditing the Casino Cage, Table Games, and Slot Operations, 2nd Edition
-- Robinson
Auditing Security and Control of Windows - 4-part series
-- Melber
Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA®) Study Guide
-- Kincaid/Sampias/Marcella
Certified Government Auditing Professional (CGAP®) Examination Study Guide Third Edition
-- Kincaid/Sampias/Marcella
Construction Audit Guide: Overview Monitoring & Auditing
-- Cicchella
Proactively Detecting Occupational Fraud Using Computer Audit Reports Self-Study Course
-- Lanza
RESEARCH
Auditor Roles in Government Performance Measurement: A Guide to Exemplary Practices at the Local, State, and Provincial Levels
-- Epstein/Grifel/ Morgan
Changing Internal Audit Practices in the New Paradigm: The Sarbanes-Oxley Environment
-- Gray
Enterprise Risk Management: Identifying Risks in B2B E-Commerce Relationships
-- Arnold/Hampton/Khazanchi/Sutton
Proactively Detecting Occupational Fraud Using Computer Audit Reports
-- Lanza
DOWNLOADABLE RESEARCH
Emerging Issues Series, Vol. 1, No. 1: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Effect on Audit Committee Meetings at Publicly Traded Companies
-- IIA Research Foundation
Emerging Issues Series, Vol. 1, No. 2: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Effect on Audit Committees at Organizations Not Publicly Traded
-- IIA Research Foundation
Emerging Issues Series, Vol. 1, No. 3: Challenges in Government
-- IIA Research Foundation
The Pervasive Impact of Information Technology on Internal Auditing (Technology Supplement to Research Opportunities in Internal Auditing)
-- Ramamoorti/Weidenmier
Risk Assessment by Internal Auditors Using Past Research on Bankruptcy
-- Wallace
EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS
Assessing Risk 2nd Edition
-- McNamee
Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Incident Management Planning: A Resource for Ensuring Ongoing Enterprise Operations
-- Marcella/Stucki
Certification in Control Self-Assessment (CCSA®) Study Guide
-- Kincaid, Sampias, Marcella
CIA Model Exam Questions 2004
-- The Institute of Internal Auditors
Ethics and the Internal Auditor: 20 Years Later
-- Dittenhofer
Forensic Document Examination Techniques
-- Vastrick
A Framework for Internal Auditing's Entity-wide Opinion on Internal Control
-- Wallace/White; Roth
Key Controls: The Solution for Sarbanes-Oxley Internal Control Compliance
-- Vorhies
Sampling: A Guide for Internal Auditors
-- Davison
Sawyer's Words of Wisdom
-- Sawyer
RESEARCH
Continuous Auditing: Potential for Internal Auditors
-- Warren/Parker
Differences in the Use of Internal Auditing
-- Carcello, Hermanson, Raghunandan
Internal Audit's Role in Corporate Governance: Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
-- Roth/Espersen
PC Management Best Practices - A Study of the Total Cost of Ownership, Risk, Security, and Audit
-- Salamasick/Le Grand
Privacy: Assessing the Risk
-- Hargraves/Lione/Shackelford/Tilton
The Role of Internal Audit in Corporate Governance and Management in Australia
-- Leung/Cooper/Roberson
DOWNLOADABLE RESEARCH
Assessment Guide for U.S. Legislative, Regulatory, and Listing Exchanges