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GRC Audit Certification (GRCA)

Overview:

Introduction

The GRC Auditor (GRCA) certification validates that you understand and can apply audit and assurance skills to evaluate established or planned GRC capabilities in your organization. It ensures that you have the versatile skill set to evaluate and report on the strengths and weaknesses in governance, strategy, performance management, risk management, compliance, ethics, internal control, security, privacy, and audit activities.

Become a versatile assurance professional who can audit governance, strategy, performance, risk, compliance, ethics, security, privacy, internal control, and other activities. The GRC Audit (GRCA) certification builds on the GRCP and demonstrates that you have the understanding and skills to audit the GRC capability model.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course the participants will be able to:

  • Describe professional theoretical and practical knowledge in the area of Governance, Risk and Compliance,
  • Including the relationship with Internal Auditing.
  • Identify past, present and expected developments within the field of GRC and Internal Auditing
  • Describe the OCEG-model.
  • Identify and distinguish between the key roles and responsibilities of a risk manager, compliance manager and internal auditor.
  • Describe the main contents of the IPPF framework
  • Distinguish between the different categories of the IPPF Framework – Definition of Internal Auditing, Code of ethics and Standards
  • Identify situations where the COSO framework is relevant and can be applied.
  • Prioritise and categorise the different forms of cymbercrime activities (according to regularity, most damaging, etc…)
  • Describe the evolving internal controls and risk management techniques aimed at defending the organisation from cyber crime attacks.
  • Discuss or describe report findings in a manner which is tailored to the various stakeholders of Internal Audit.
  • Critically examine internal audit reports.

Targeted Audience

  • Internal Auditors
  • Risk Managers
  • Accountants and Auditors
  • Compliance Managers
  • Directors of Boards
  • CEOs
  • Chief Officers and AMLROs

Course Outline

Unit 1: GRC and Internal Auditing

  • Describe professional theoretical and practical knowledge in the area of Governance, Risk and Compliance,
  • Including the relationship with Internal Auditing.
  • Identify past, present and expected developments within the field of GRC and Internal Auditing
  • Describe the OCEG-model.
  • Identify and distinguish between the key roles and responsibilities of a risk manager, compliance manager and internal auditor.

Unit 2: A Closer look at the IPPF & COSO Frameworks

  • List the core features of the COSO framework.
  • Describe the evolution of the COSO framework.
  • Identify and list the key recent changes in the COSO framework.
  • Describe the main contents of the IPPF framework
  • Distinguish between the different categories of the IPPF Framework – Definition of Internal Auditing, Code of ethics and Standards
  • Identify situations where the COSO framework is relevant and can be applied.
  • Design projects using the COSO framework.
  • Integrate the contents of the IPPF framework into an Internal audit Charter
  • Explain the COSO framework to a variety of audiences.
  • The contents of the IPPF framework to his colleagues and other audiences such as Board of Directors and Audit Committee.
  • Compare the COSO framework with alternative tools and techniques.
  • Prioritise actions based on the contents of the IPPF framework.

Unit 3: Cybercrime – What Internal Auditors should know

  • Define the phenomenon and seriousness of cybercrime.
  • Describe the different and evolving forms of cybercrime.
  • Prioritise and categorise the different forms of cymbercrime activities (according to regularity, most damaging, etc…)
  • Describe the evolving internal controls and risk management techniques aimed at defending the organisation from cyber crime attacks.
  • Get a very good understanding of mitigations to risks associated to Cybercrime and the online environment.
  • Describe the main contents and requirements stemming from the Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism legislation and regulations and their importance in the context of cybercrime

Unit 4: Composition and Writing of Internal Audit Reports

  • Identify, recall and list the attributes of quality communications as described in IIA standard 2420-1
  • Identify the components and features of a quality internal audit report.
  • List common shortcomings in internal audit reports.
  • Prepare an internal audit report based on a given situation.
  • Plan their internal audit work in a way which supports effective reporting.
  • Present internal audit findings in a clear and concise manner.
  • Discuss or describe report findings in a manner which is tailored to the various stakeholders of Internal Audit.
  • Critically examine internal audit reports.
  • Use internal audit reports to start discussions and prompt action.

Unit 5:

  • Revision
  • Workshop

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