SWANSON on Internal Auditing: Raising the Bar

This book provides concise commentary on strategic issues regarding the way internal audit is established, planned and performed. High-level issues sit alongside practical guidance to ensure the book has an appeal to all levels of internal audit management and staff, as each reader can dip into a range of important topics.

Table of Contents:
1: Introduction to Internal Audit 2: The Professional Practice of Internal Audit 3: Improving Internal Audit Results 4: My Favorites 5: IIA Related Guidance 6: Priorities for the Coming Decade 7: Tackling IT Audit 8: Healthcare Internal Auditing 9: IT Audit Checklists 10: AuditNet Dan Swanson's Columns 11: IT World Canada: IT Security Resource Blog 12: Sentinel: The IT Governance Newsletter 13: CIO Canada: IT Management Columns 14: Keeping Our Kids Safe! 15: Learn from the Past and ‘Think'

About the Author :
Dan Swanson is a 30-year internal audit veteran, who was formerly the Director of Professional Practices at the Institute of Internal Auditors. Dan has completed audit projects for over 30 different organisations, spending almost 10 years in government auditing (federal, provincial and municipal levels), and the rest in the private sector, mainly in the financial services, transportation and health sectors. Dan has completed more than 50 IT conversion audits and a dozen comprehensive audits of the IT function.

Review :
'This new book deserves its place in the audit library and is a recommended resource for all internal audit professionals.' KH Spencer Pickett 'Too many people regard internal audit as a wonkish exercise in self-examination. In Dan Swanson's hands, however, internal audit becomes the lantern of Diogenes, illuminating accountability, responsibility and control.' Jon Lukomnik, Sinclair Capital LLC 'This book will take a well deserved place on my work desk and will be used as a knowledge base of audit methodology in line with other specific materials like ITIL and COBIT.' Vitaliy Glushnev, Head of Information Security Audit; Russian Federation 'Dan Swanson lays out the practical, step-by-step blueprint for a new vision of internal audit: internal audit 2.0, the next - and essential - stage of evolution in compliance and risk management. Internal audit is facing the new challenges of a new world, requiring a new definition of the internal auditor's role and responsibilities. Here Swanson shows how organisations can best use the audit function as a strategic tool and how audit professionals can rise to the opportunity. You ignore Swanson's message at your peril.' Rick Telberg, Editor/Publisher; CPA Trendlines 'The contents of the book are easily understandable and allow all readers who do not have the necessary specialised technical expertise to guide their teams and supervise their IT activities in a systematic and effective manner.' John Kyriazoglou, CICA, M.S., B.A (Honours) '... Dan's day job involves IT security, where days can be long, yet for over a decade he has burned the midnight oil to build a vast and reliable worldwide network of resources on this critical topic. He is truly a phenomenon in the field and this book shows it.' Alexandra R. Lajoux, Chief Knowledge Officer; National Association of Corporate Directors 'If you want to understand the fundamentals, as well as the fine points of internal auditing and IT auditing, you should read this book.' Eleanor Bloxham, CEO; The Value Alliance and Corporate Governance Alliance 'Dan Swanson has provided the audit community with a comprehensive compendium of wisdom covering his years of experience in auditing and security. Swanson on Internal Auditing: Raising the Bar will serve as a guide for auditors, both new and old, in circumnavigating the changing landscape in which professionals function!' Jim Kaplan, CIA CFE President and Founder of AuditNet.org; the Global Resource for Auditors