The importance of effective risk management is rapidly increasing in response to the rise in external and internal threats, and the unprecedented wave of innovation across industry.

Automation software, Fintech, artificial intelligence, cognitive computing and blockchain are some of the emerging trends that are expected to have a substantial impact on firms of all sizes.

As business processes become more automated, the need for a robust and reliable control environment, and ability to effectively report on the status of that environment, becomes ever more critical.

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