“Internal auditors can connect the dots across an organization, but they must be better dot connectors,” said Doug Watt, Fannie Mae SVP and chief audit executive, at the recent MetricStream GRC Summit virtual event.

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Doug Watt, Fannie Mae

These are challenging times, but they can be a good opportunity for internal audit executives and their teams, noted the panelists during a session entitled, “Auditing in the Era of Crisis and Beyond.”

Maria L. Murphy, CPA, is a regular contributor to Compliance Week. She is a senior content management analyst, accounting and auditing products, CCH tax and accounting North America for Wolters Kluwer....