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Better, Faster, Cheaper: Streamlining Your Internal Audit: Risk Assessment, Control Objectives and Control Activities

Practical skills in beginning of the engagement and iterative risk assessment

KCLDPV

Created by Kathleen Crawford, Lauren Deal, Peter VanRysdam

Explore practical techniques for streamlining internal audit processes, with a focus on risk assessment, control objectives, and control activities. Build the skills to set audit priorities, define scope, and evaluate controls for more effective and efficient audits.

ACI | Aug 2026 | 80 min

What You Will Learn

You will start by exploring how to approach the beginning of an audit engagement and perform iterative risk assessments. Step-by-step examples and real-world scenarios help you apply visual risk assessment methods and connect objectives to practical audit tasks. Each section builds your ability to organize and evaluate risk and control information.

Key Features

  • Learn to assess risks and set audit priorities for more focused engagements
  • Identify and apply control objectives to support effective audit evaluation
  • Use visual and iterative risk assessment techniques for clearer decision making

Target Audience

Ideal for internal auditors, audit managers, risk professionals, and assurance practitioners with some experience in the field. If you want to sharpen your ability to assess risks, set audit priorities, and identify control objectives for better audit outcomes, this course is designed for you.

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