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Joint guidance from ECIIA and FERMA enables companies to make consistent and understandable decisions about their security measures, risk management and overall cyber security posture. Download your free copy of At the junction of corporate governance and cybersecurity.
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Internal auditing is an independent, objective assurance and consulting activity designed to add value and improve an organisation’s operations. It helps an organisation accomplish its objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes.
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The ECIIA's mission is to enhance corporate governance through the promotion of the professional practice of internal auditing. Be the voice of the profession at a European level and promote the profession in economically emerging countries.
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Cyber risk was the most commonly cited threat by heads of internal audit across Europe regardless of nationality or business sector, according to a new report written by some members of ECIIA. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation and the broader challenge of managing data came second in the survey...
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The ECIIA elected Farid Aractingi as President of its management board at the body’s annual conference in Switzerland. Aractingi (centre in image) was previously Vice President of ECIIA. He is Chief...
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The European Commission has launched measures to strengthen cyber security across Europe. It proposes to extend the powers of ENISA, Europe’s current cyber agency. In particular, the proposals aim to ensure ENISA is better placed to support member states in implementing the NIS Directive. And the agency will...
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Ten years on from the financial crisis a greater focus on ethics is needed in how businesses are exploiting new technologies, according to a recent report from the accountancy body ACCA. Nearly two thirds of respondents in its recent survey Ethics and trust in a digital age call...
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The EC has adopted guidelines to help companies make better disclosure on the environmental and social impact of their activities. The guidelines aim to help companies develop their non-financial reporting in ways that are more consistent and comparable. The EC says it wants to boost corporate transparency and...
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The European Union’s fourth anti-money laundering directive, which came into effect at the end of June, outlines a greater role for internal audit in fighting financial crime, says ECIIA. All organisations will need to strengthen their practices, policies and documentation showing that they have properly assessed the risks of...
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ECIIA and FERMA have launched joint guidance aimed at helping organisations across Europe develop an effective cyber governance framework. The framework – detailed in At the junction of corporate governance and cybersecurity – enables companies to make consistent and understandable decisions about their security measures, risk management and...
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Catch up with the latest ECIIA news by reading our June newsletter.
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European regulations requiring companies to report and pay tax on their profits in the country in which they arise moved a step closer this month. The so-called country-by-country reporting regime is meant to prevent companies aggregating their profits from across the EU and paying tax in a jurisdiction...
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“Everything possible should be done to strengthen the role, position and independence of chief audit executives in all organisations and in all sectors across Europe,” the ECIIA has said in its response to recent EU’s DG Justice and Consumers consultation on whistleblowing. Given the increasing distrust among the...
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