Internal Audit Evolution by Unnatural Selection

Internal Audit Evolution by Unnatural Selection
Author: Julio Tirado, CIA, CISA, CRMA, CFE, CISSP, Director of Internal Audit at SpiritBank
Date Published: 29 July 2020

I get it. You feel like the world is moving at a faster pace. Blockchain teases with the potential of revolutionizing the financial world. Artificial intelligence technologies are expected to be as ubiquitous as electricity, helping us with many decisions and making predictions. Data science may grant you the superhuman ability to process and analyze shocking quantities of data and gain insights like never before. Robotic process automation will save time, money, and may empower you to reach new levels of efficiency. And let’s not forget the “small” matter of cybersecurity. 

All these wonderful emerging technologies are information technologies, which must operate in a connected world of computing leveraging the all-mighty internet. The pandemic aside, these are very exciting times, and I’m confident these trends will change the world in ways we have yet to fathom.  However, things certainly are moving at a fast pace, no doubt thanks partly to Mr. Moore and his