New survey highlights internal audit’s vital role in fraud risk management
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Jaclyn Jaeger2020-08-13T17:48:00
The more internal audit plays a key role in the strategic management of fraud, the more effective and robust organizations’ fraud risk management processes seem to be, according to the results of a recent Kroll/IIA survey.
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