As the scale of emerging technology risks facing companies continue to multiply, IT auditors play a key role in identifying these threats and helping their organizations to navigate them. A new survey conducted by Protiviti and The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) reveals which risks are keeping IT auditors up at night.

While most organizations continue to spend more hours on their SOX compliance activities year-over-year, digital leaders have reported experiencing a lesser impact of increasing hours, which suggests they are gaining advantages through greater use of technology (including automation) in the SOX compliance process. 51% of survey respondents utilized technology tools in the testing of controls for their fiscal year, marking a yearly increase of 5%.

According to a new survey from Protiviti and ISACA, concerns around security, privacy, cloud and technology resilience are being further fueled by shifting business priorities, the pandemic-induced remote work environment and accelerated deployment of new technologies.