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RSA ARCHER® AUDIT PLANNING
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THE CHALLENGE According to PwC’s 2015 State of Internal Audit Survey of more than 1,300
chief audit executives, internal audit mangers, and board members, 60%
said that in the next five years internal audit should have a bigger role in
the enterprise risk management process. However, internal audit’s main
challenge is not having access to broad, dynamic enterprise risk and control
information and analysis and instead relying only on their static audit universe
risk assessment (AURA) to evaluate risk and drive audit work. This prevents
internal audit from adjusting their audit plans to rapidly changing risks
and business concerns. With decentralized audit plan and risk assessment
documentation captured in multiple tools and systems that are difficult
to integrate, there is no easy, fluid way to manage audit plans, let alone
coordinate objectives among risk and compliance groups.
Finally, internal audit is under pressure from audit committees and
management to improve their processes; yet their quality control procedures
are sporadic, inconsistent and difficult to follow up on.
OVERVIEW
RSA Archer® Audit Planning & Quality enables internal audit teams to
define their audit entities and universe, risk assess them, plan for audit
engagements during the coming periods and manage their audit staff and
schedule. Since Audit Planning & Quality integrates rich management risk
and control information, internal audit can ensure their audit objectives are
aligned with enterprise risk management and other related groups. Audit
Planning & Quality puts you in control of the entire audit planning lifecycle,
enabling improved governance of audit-related activities while also providing
integration with your risk and control functions.
KEY FEATURES• Complete workflow to create and assess audit entities, perform risk
assessments and manage audit plans
• Workflow to manage your audit staff and scheduling of audits
• Centralized location for storing and managing audit plans, audit entities,
and assessment results
• Audit quality assurance and review checklists
KEY BENEFITSWith RSA Archer Audit Planning & Quality, you will be able to:
• Execute on a dynamic, risk-driven audit plan that is aligned with the
organization’s priorities and focuses on the most important risks
• Easily provide Board-level reporting that keeps the audit committee
well-informed of the status of audit plans, risk and critical findings
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• Demonstrate the strategic value of internal audit and more efficient use of
audit resources
• Reduce external auditor fees by providing access to self-serve information
they need
FOR MORE INFORMATION To learn more about how EMC products, services, and solutions can help
solve your business and IT challenges, contact your local representative
or authorized reseller— or visit us at rsa.com. If you are an existing RSA
Archer customer and have questions or require additional information about
licensing, please contact RSA Archer at [email protected] or
call 1-888-539-EGRC.
RSA and the RSA logo, are registered trademarks or trademarks of Dell Technologies in the United States and other countries. © Copyright 2018 Dell Technologies. All rights reserved. Published in the USA. 01/18 Data Sheet H14791-1.
RSA believes the information in this document is accurate as of its publication date. The information is subject to change without notice.
For more information To learn more about how EMC products, services, and solutions can help solve your business and IT challenges, contact your local representative or authorized reseller—or visit us at www.rsa.com. If you are an existing RSA Archer customer and have questions or require additional information about licensing, please contact RSA Archer at [email protected] or call 1-888-539-EGRC.
EMC2, EMC, the EMC logo, RSA, the RSA logo, and Archer are registered trademarks or trademarks of EMC Corporation in the United States and other countries. VMware is a registered trademark or trademark of VMware, Inc., in the United States and other jurisdictions. © Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Published in the USA. 4/16 Data Sheet H14791-1 RSA believes the information in this document is accurate as of its publication date. The information is subject to change without notice.
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