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PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNAL AUDITING.
1. Foundations of Internal Auditing.
2. Management Needs: Internal Audit's Operational Approach.
3. Internal Audit in the 21st Century: Sarbanes-Oxley and Beyond.
PART TWO: IMPORTANCE OF INTERNAL CONTROLS.
4. Internal Controls Fundamentals: COSO Framework.
5. Understanding and Assessing Risks: Enterprise Risk Management.
6. Evaluating Internal controls: Section 404 Assessments.
7. Internal Controls Frameworks Worldwide: CobiT and Others.
PART THREE: INTERNAL AUDIT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.
8. Internal Audit and the Board Audit Committee.
9. Whistleblower Programs and Codes of Conduct.
10. Working With External Auditors.
11. Fraud Detection and Prevention.
PART FOUR: ADMINISTERING INTERNAL AUDIT ACTIVITIES.
12. Internal Audit Professional Standards.
13. Internal Audit Organization and Planning.
14. Directing and Performing Internal Audits.
15. Workpapers: Documenting Internal Audit Acti vities.
16. Gathering Evidence Through Audit Sampling.
17. Audit Reports and Internal Audit Communications.
PART FIVE: IMPACT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS ON INTERNAL AUDITING.
18. Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery.
19. General Controls in an E-Business and Networked Environment.
20. Software Engineering, Capability Maturity Model, and Project Management.
21. Reviewing and Assessing Applications Controls.
22. Infrastructure Service and Support Delivery Controls.
23. Computer-Assisted Audit Techniques.
24. HIPAA and Growing Concerns Regarding Privacy.
25. Continuous Assurance Auditing, XBRL, and OLAP.
26. Internal Audit Quality Assurance and ASQ Quality Audits.
27. Control Self-Assessments.
28. Professional Certifications: CIA, CISA, and More.
29. ISO and Internal Audit Worldwide Standards.
30. Future of the Modern Internal Auditor.
Index.