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The Future of Internal Audit
Manage disruption while building stakeholder trust
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With pressure to do more with less in an environment of unprecedented business disruption, the Internal Audit function must evolve to become the trusted partner of its leadership team.
You can help your organization pivot with greater speed, agility, and flexibility. With new thinking, skills, and capabilities, Internal Audit can become a more dynamic problem solver to help the organization address changing market conditions, customer expectations, and workforce needs.
How will you transform and build better protection for your organization?
Work more efficiently and create more value in less time. Your stakeholders will see the true value Internal Audit adds and regard it as an integral part of its risk management strategy.
On the pulse of the CAE
Infographics highlighting how IA and risk professionals are driving leadership and other pressing items on the internal audit agenda.
Chief Audit Executive Outlook for 2026: Navigating the shifting economic landscape
KPMG LLP hosted the 2026 CAE Outlook webcast in December 2025. Based on the key findings, where we polled over 1,600 audit and risk leaders, four key truths have emerged that will define the year ahead.
Internal audit driving value in the consumer and retail sectors
KPMG LLP hosted the latest installment of the On the CAE Agenda KnowledgeCast series in Nov 2025. During the special consumer and retail edition of the KnowledgeCast, we polled over 700 professionals who hold various internal audit (IA) and risk positions at their respective companies.
Internal audit beyond 2025: Transformation strategies, technology, and innovation in a changing landscape
KPMG hosted two recent installments of the On the CAE Agenda KnowledgeCast series in June and July 2025. Each session featured in-depth conversations with senior leaders from the internal audit (IA) and risk communities, alongside polling of over 2,000 professionals across various organizations to uncover the trends, priorities, and challenges shaping the future of the profession.
Beyond Silos
How internal audit and risk professionals are tackling interconnected risk.
Connected risk: The interconnection between risk and internal audit
Discover how risk and IA professionals are managing interconnectivity across risk domains
Technology in Internal Audit
All about the transformative impact of technology on internal audits
Chief Audit Executive Outlook for 2025: A new administration, a new path forward
KPMG hosted a Chief Audit Executive Outlook for 2025. During this webcast, we polled almost 2,500 professionals who consist of chief audit executives, SOX professionals, and risk decision-makers at their respective companies.
IT Internal Audit and Cybersecurity Trends
What’s on the pulse for IT Internal Audit
Third-party Risk Management in the Age of Automation and AI
Latest trends in third-party risk management
Internal audit is a change leader
Internal Audit as the Enterprise Change Leader in our Dynamic and Ever-Changing World
The Trusted Imperative: KPMG Internal Audit Services
Discover the future of Internal Audit
Internal audit: Trusted and disrupted
The vital role of internal audit in building stakeholder trust
The future of Internal Audit
Internal audit trusted, and disrupted
Digitized internal audit
KPMG cohosted a webcast on April 19, 2022 with the Institute of Internal Auditors on the topic of digital acceleration in the internal audit function.
Six areas that Internal Audit should do well
As you transform, manage change, and build trust in today’s environment, you will want to put future-ready processes and models in place. KPMG has identified six areas of focus to help you deliver greater value.
Stakeholder engagement and trust
Know your top stakeholders and take time to foster relationships attuned to their needs
Strategy and value management
Consider a strategic mix of enhanced assurance, risk insights, and business improvements to prioritize and identify emerging risks
Digital acceleration
Select technology with organizational goals in mind to enable program and project level work
Data, analytics and insights
Curate and use both enterprise and external data to provide risk insights and enhanced assurance
New ways of working
Rethink where services are delivered and what competencies are needed so you can retain the right talent
Operating model agility
Be responsive to disruption, flex with the business strategy throughout the year, and coordinate with other lines of defense
Accelerate intelligent risk management
Let KPMG help you harness AI to build resilience.
Manage risk with efficiency and speed at scale with the help of our market-leading risk capabilities and AI-enabled solutions. By teaming with KPMG, you'll be able to focus on your strategic imperatives and opportunities while we help you navigate the complex risk and regulatory landscape with AI-driven solutions. We can help you:
- Optimize risk and security measures: Implement AI-enabled automated threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability management to enhance your risk posture.
- Gain real-time insights: Leverage dynamic risk modeling and AI-driven, real-time risk analysis to stay ahead of emerging threats.
- Streamline compliance: Automate compliance monitoring and risk assessments with accuracy and speed.
- Embed AI into governance: Integrate AI into your governance structures to meet regulatory requirements, perform AI evaluations and monitoring, and strengthen risk mitigation strategies.
- Integrate AI responsibly and safely: Implement trust building measures to capitalize on AI benefits and mitigate risks.
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On the CAE Agenda
The role and focus of internal audit (IA) are ever-evolving. The KPMG On the CAE Agenda series provides quick insights into what IA leaders have been hearing, as well as the topics they believe will continue to drive conversation with their stakeholders across the core elements of their CAE agendas as we move into the future.
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Michael A. Smith
Partner and US Internal Audit Solution Leader
Michael A. Smith
Partner and US Internal Audit Solution Leader
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