The Future of Audit

Discover how new and emerging technologies—from drones to quantum computing—will disrupt the future of auditing.

Overview

• Intro to auditing

1. Changes Ahead

• Assets, records, and data
• Leveraging future technology
• Automated data: Opportunities and risks
• Using drones and robots

2. Future Audit Constants

• Independent audit goals
• The importance of assets
• Two forms of independence
• Operation controls
• Reliance on licensed auditors
• Importance of a certified audit

3. Other Audits

• Uses of the word audit
• Social audits
• Cybersecurity audits

4. Unknowns

• Payroll taxes on robots
• Quantum computing in audit
• Regulations and tax codes

Next Steps

• Additional resources