As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes industries, AI’s integration into governance, risk, and control (GRC) and internal audit processes offers transformative potential. AI-driven tools can enhance risk management, streamline compliance, and bolster audit efficiency, enabling organizations to navigate complex regulatory landscapes more precisely. However, with great power comes great responsibility. The responsible implementation of AI in these critical areas is not just a strategic imperative but an ethical obligation. Over the last year, AuditBoard’s Webinar Series explored how organizations can harness AI to strengthen GRC and internal audit functions while ensuring transparency, fairness, and accountability, fostering trust and resilience in an increasingly data-driven world.
In 2024, AuditBoard hosted more than 50 audit, risk, and compliance webinars that over 80,000 attendees viewed. The outstanding speakers for AuditBoard’s webinars covered emerging topics in artificial intelligence, such as the responsible implementation of AI, trends in automation, concerns around the use of AI in audit, and the need for a robust AI strategy. The speakers covered topics related to balancing the transformative potential of artificial intelligence with the need to practice professional auditor judgment. As a bonus, we were able to grant over 65,000 Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credits to support a variety of assurance certifications.
In this article in our “Most Popular Webinar” series, we share the primary trends from the AI-powered GRC webinars we hosted in 2024 and how you can access our most popular webinars of the year, now available to watch on demand.
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2024 AI-powered GRC Webinar Trends
The most popular artificial intelligence webinars followed three trending topics: implementing AI responsibly, identifying AI risks, and developing an AI strategy. The rise of powerful yet simple-to-use artificial intelligence has opened the doors for auditors and risk professionals to perform more advanced analyses of their organization’s information. The webinars emphasize the need for a structured approach to developing and maintaining an AI program that requires oversight and professional judgment.
AuditBoard’s Most Popular AI Webinars of 2024
As you explore the many topics available as on-demand webinars, these are the most popular AI-focused sessions from 2024, in no particular order.
- Navigating the New Era of AI: A Guide to Responsible Implementation and Risk Management – A panel of experts from EY discusses the multifaceted realm of AI, breaking down misconceptions and highlighting the emergent risks AI presents. The panel examines the landscape of AI regulations globally and their impacts on today’s data privacy, risk, and governance structures.
- Attendee Feedback: “This was one of the best AuditBoard presentations I’ve attended, thanks to the presenters. I’ll be sharing this information with my organization as we figure out how to implement AI into our environment.”
- Staying Ahead: Leveraging Emerging Trends in Automation, Analytics, and AI – A group of seasoned professionals in AI and analytics from Protiviti, Greenskies Analytics, and AuditBoard discuss the need for auditors to embraceartificial intelligence’s emerging capabilities while realistically addressing the related risk. The panel shares their experiences and cases they have faced implementing AI solutions with clients.
- Attendee Feedback: “This was probably the best and most helpful session I’ve had in the last several years on AI. It was particularly useful in light of the frontier of changes coming with AI, and all of the panelists did a great job sharing their insights on this topic.”
- Demystifying AI: Unlock Transformative Potential With Responsible AI Adoption – In this presentation, Melissa Pici, Sr. IT Audit Manager, Syniverse, shares her personal experience navigating the AI journey, including understanding AI, top business risks and how to address them as part of your audit, risk, or compliance program, as well as how to create a successful AI adoption strategy using industry best practices.
- Attendee Feedback: “Knowledgeable, engaging speaker, content was a good combination of the fundamentals and practical considerations. I appreciated understanding different components that make AI, not just the generative AI we are all familiar with and use.”
- How to Build Your Analytics and AI Strategy – Analytics expert Trent Russell from Greenskies Analytics highlights the need for a comprehensive data analytics strategy in internal audit that can yield unprecedented risk coverage and advisory value. In the session, he covers the critical elements required to design an internal audit data strategy that drives impact.
- Attendee Feedback: “This was one of the best and most practical webinars I have ever attended.”
- “Exactly what I needed to continue my strategy planning and execution of a data literacy program. Lots of great takeaways for real work life.”
- IIA’s Pulse of Artificial Intelligence and Internal Audit – Successful internal audit teams are adjusting their understanding of organizational risk and adapting their audit plans to account for their organizations’ increasing usage of AI. Harold Silverman from The IIA shares his perspective and IIA survey results on how auditors can leverage AI to enhance their methodologies’ efficiency and effectiveness.
- Attendee Feedback: “Harold was a fantastic presenter, very insightful about the future of AI in the Internal Audit function. I appreciated the results of surveys from CAEs to see where the industry is regarding the current AI capabilities used. I really felt like I got a lot out of his presentation.”
- AI Goes Mainstream: What Enterprises Need to Know – AuditBoard’s own CISO, Richard Marcs, discusses the challenges organizations face due to AI’s rapid adoption and offers guidance on developing policies for responsible use and minimizing risks.
- Attendee Feedback: “Outstanding webinar! It covered a number of areas we should really be concerned about regarding AI. This is the best AI presentation I have seen. Such great material, and it was easy to understand! Thank you!”
- How IA is Actually Using AI – With his unique perspective as an analytics consultant, Trent Russell from Greenskies Analytics shares what he has seen in the field as internal auditors are developing use cases for AI and analytics, including innovative solutions that departments of different sizes and resource levels can realistically adopt.
- Attendee Feedback: ”Good to hear practical use in audit space by someone who uses it. Gave me ideas on how to use AI more effectively and incorporate it into our audit environment. One of the best CPE events in which I have participated.”
Stay Up to Date With Timely Thought Leadership
AuditBoard’s on-demand webinars tackle the most pressing concerns facing audit, risk, ESG, compliance, and infosec teams, offering insights to sharpen your skills and equip your team to handle emerging risks and trends. The strategies highlighted in these sessions will remain crucial in taking a safe and responsible approach to leveraging AI in GRC as we enter the new year. Now is an ideal time to revisit the expert guidance available in these webinars and many others. Don’t miss the opportunity to register for AuditBoard’s 2025 Webinar Series and earn free CPE credits while staying ahead of the curve.
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