The future of Internal Audit

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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.

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.

Webcast summary: Connected risk

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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

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Third-party Risk Management in the Age of Automation and AI

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Internal audit is a change leader

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The Trusted Imperative: KPMG Internal Audit Services

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Internal audit: Trusted and disrupted

The vital role of internal audit in building stakeholder trust

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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

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Key considerations and topics as you prepare your IT internal audit plan

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Visionary Internal Audit practices are charging ahead with advanced generative AI solutions.

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AI and data analytics are reshaping internal audits and requiring development of new strategies for effective adoption and integration.

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A summary on the major themes and key changes announced.

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Adoption of Agile is not an all or nothing strategy. Explore how agile can be fit for purpose in IA.

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IIA and COSO paper connecting the integrated thinking to sustainable internal controls

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Internal audit is in a unique position to provide an efficient approach to ESG.

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Takeaways and ways to build an effective ESG reporting architecture

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A summary on the major themes and key changes announced.

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AI and data analytics are reshaping internal audits and requiring development of new strategies for effective adoption and integration.

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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Client stories

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KPMG helped a major U.S. regional power and utility company accelerate audit cycles and enable greater emphasis on reliable, relevant data.

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KPMG helped a spin-off chemical company's internal audit function become more data-driven to support rapid, impactful decision-making for growth.

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KPMG helped a leader in business market intelligence and technology promote more meaningful risk dialogue.

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KPMG helped a global, multi-brand apparel company become Sarbanes-Oxley 404(b) compliant and fully integrate security, controls and GRC capabilities into SAP S/4HANA.

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See how KPMG clients implemented the KPMG Future of Internal Audit framework and helped build stakeholder trust:

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