Cybersecurity for Internal and External Auditors: Governance, Risk, and Financial Impact - Designed for Finance Professionals with Limited IT Backgrounds

December
03
2025 (Wednesday)
Time 10:00 AM PST | 01:00 PM EST
Duration: 60 Minutes
27 Days Left To REGISTER
Id: 210360
Instructor
Alessio Faccia 
Live
Recorded
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Overview

This session introduces cybersecurity essentials for auditors with a focus on governance, risk, and financial consequences. It translates technical risks into financial and compliance impacts, offering auditors practical tools to evaluate cybersecurity in the context of audit procedures.

Why you should Attend

Unprepared auditors risk overlooking critical cyber threats that can compromise financial integrity, trigger regulatory sanctions, and damage reputation. Without understanding cybersecurity, audit professionals face uncertainty in assessing controls and doubt in their ability to protect stakeholders.

Areas Covered in the Session

  • Core cybersecurity concepts for non-IT professionals
  • Common vulnerabilities and threats affecting financial systems
  • Governance and regulatory considerations for auditors
  • Linking cybersecurity risks to financial reporting and audit processes
  • Case-based scenarios of financial losses caused by cyber breaches
  • Practical frameworks for auditors to assess cybersecurity readiness

Who Will Benefit

  • Internal Auditors
  • External Auditors
  • Compliance Officers
  • CFOs and Finance Managers
  • Risk Managers
  • Controllers

Speaker Profile

Dr Alessio Faccia is an Auditor, Chartered Accountant, CFO, Advisor, and Corporate Trainer with more than 20 years of professional practice and 15 years of academic teaching. He is Assistant Professor in Finance at the University of Birmingham, Dubai Campus, and author of several books including AI in Fraud Analytics and Audit: Probabilistic Machines in Deterministic Systems. His expertise covers fraud examination, AI in finance, corporate governance, and forensic accounting. He has trained executives at central banks, ministries, and corporates across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and is a member of ACFE, ACAMS, ISACA, and other leading professional bodies
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