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How to spot a fake AI-generated invoice
  • Article
  • 30 Mar 2026
  • ICAEW Insights
Businesses deal with invoice fraud every day. As more criminals turn to AI as part of their attempts to defraud businesses, it’s getting harder and harder to spot.
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What audit committees want directors to understand
  • Article
  • 10 Mar 2026
  • ICAEW Insights
ICAEW has published a new guide for first-time directors to help them understand what audit committees expect of them. It covers roles and responsibilities, the external audit process and non-financial reporting.
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2026: how to manage cyber and AI risk
  • Article
  • 26 Feb 2026
  • ICAEW Insights
With multiple high-profile cyber attacks last year, Esther Mallowah, Head of Tech Policy at ICAEW discusses if businesses should be worried and how to manage risk amid developing technology.
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Cyber: the dangers of agents and vibe coding
  • Article
  • 26 Feb 2026
  • ICAEW Insights
While artificial intelligence can be an opportunity and a risk for cyber security, events in February highlighted the threat that AI tools and agents can pose to organisations’ cyber security.
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Telltale signs of expenses fraud
  • Article
  • 25 Feb 2026
  • ICAEW Insights
Expenses fraud is nothing new but modern technology has made it far more sophisticated. With new AI-powered tools, it’s never been easier to pull off a scam, or more convincing.
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How to identify and deal with fake invoices
  • Article
  • 19 Feb 2026
  • ICAEW Insights
While most of us are becoming well versed in spotting the clumsy fabricated Paypal invoices littering our personal inboxes, for businesses fake invoices are posing an increasingly significant threat.
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Can you spot these signs of fraud?
  • Article
  • 11 Feb 2026
  • ICAEW Insights
Fraud is more common than people realise. Businesses of all sizes need to be alive to the signs and proactively manage the risks. ICAEW’s Laura Hough outlines what to look out for and actions to take.
Exclusive Gaining confidence in your supply chain and third-party management
  • Article
  • 10 Feb 2026
  • Maxi Glas
For internal auditors, confidence in supply chains and third-party arrangements is no longer secondary. It is central to financial resilience, and organisational integrity.
Exclusive ERM is dead (as we know It): Why strategic resilience must lead in 2026
  • Article
  • 05 Feb 2026
  • Emma Price - Brave Within LLP
Traditional Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is dead. A controversial statement perhaps.
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Managing tax risks for practices and businesses
  • Article
  • 26 Jan 2026
  • ICAEW Insights
A new report from Accountancy Europe highlights the challenges facing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and their advisers, in complying with their tax obligations. It also provides practical guidance on how to manage tax risk.
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Building resilience: four essential steps
  • Article
  • 22 Jan 2026
  • ICAEW Insights
As criminal threats grow for organisations, particularly in the finance department, CFOs, finance leaders and board members must work to create a resilient culture within their organisations.
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Cyber resilience: key considerations for 2026
  • Article
  • 15 Dec 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Which cyber developments will be particularly vital to watch in the next 12 months? The Financial Times's 2025 Cyber Resilience Summit picked out key trends.
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NAO: Climate reporting has honed public bodies’ risk radar
  • Article
  • 01 Dec 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
In the course of preparing for mandatory climate disclosures, central government bodies have improved their risk-management procedures and other operations, says report.
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Expenses fraud: how to spot an AI-generated receipt
  • Article
  • 13 Nov 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
AI-powered expenses fraud is on the rise. How can businesses protect themselves?
International Trade Week: How volatile geopolitics is affecting customs compliance
  • Article
  • 05 Nov 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
SMEs must include measures to comply with the world’s complex web of trade rules in their risk-management control environment, says a senior economist.
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Navigating MTD: cyber threats, insurance, and practical protection
  • Article
  • 28 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
As Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax approaches, ICAEW’s Professional Standards Team is encouraging members to review their risk management and insurance arrangements.
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Six steps to strengthen governance ahead of new Provision 29 requirements
  • Article
  • 22 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Corporate governance is at a crossroads. Experts warn that frameworks that once looked robust are no longer enough, particularly as revisions to Provision 29 come into force in January 2026.
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Accountants can ‘change corporate dial’ on cyber as threats intensify
  • Article
  • 17 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Finance professionals’ role as trusted advisers puts them in a strong position to influence senior teams on the importance of addressing the growing cyber threat landscape.
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Four cyber security lessons from M&S and other breaches
  • Article
  • 15 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
With so many more high-profile cyber attacks taking place, it pays to learn from others’ experiences. What can you learn from attacks such as the one on M&S?
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Everything you needed to know about cyber insurance
  • Article
  • 14 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Cyber insurance has never been more crucial for businesses. Here’s a guide to what you should be looking out for when choosing a provider.
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Hackers almost breached this firm’s systems. Here’s what they learned
  • Article
  • 13 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Security experts at a mid-tier audit firm knew they had to act swiftly when they discovered an attempt on their own system, in which their servers were almost breached by cyber criminals, and used it as a lesson to bolster their own security and training across the business.
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Mitigating the business risks of workplace relationships
  • Article
  • 13 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
The recent sacking of Nestlé’s CEO highlights the corporate governance ramifications of romantic workplace relationships. We speak to experts on the best way to protect your business from potential fallout.
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How are boards managing an increasing varied set of risks?
  • Article
  • 07 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Risk management cannot focus on financial resilience alone. For organisations to remain competitive, their board members must take a holistic view. Find out how.
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Three common ethical failures and how to avoid them
  • Article
  • 01 Oct 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Nisha Sanghani, Partner and Head of Risk Advisory in the Middle East at Ashurst Risk Advisory, outlines how organisations can really create an ethical culture and not slip into box-ticking or slogans.
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New support to help businesses avoid fraud
  • Article
  • 30 Sep 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
The newly launched Business Fraud Alliance offers free, practical resources for businesses of all sizes to help strengthen their resilience against fraud.
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Stay safe in the digital era: password security
  • Article
  • 25 Sep 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Despite the increasing risk of serious data breaches and cyberattacks, many organisations fall at the first hurdle, with poor password security opening the door to cybercriminals. We offer advice on making passwords more secure.
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Cyber security biggest risk as businesses reel from major attacks
  • Article
  • 23 Sep 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Annual poll of Chief Internal Auditors highlights cyber security as the number one risk, with digital threats intensifying following attacks on European airports over the weekend and recent cyber breaches at M&S, the Co-op, Harrods, The North Face and Jaguar Land Rover.
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Cyber roundup: the dangers of spoofing
  • Article
  • 28 Aug 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Spoofing exposes Sharepoint vulnerabilities; MoD data breach; and the devastating consequences of one weak password.
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Ireland: economic prospects, tariffs and the emerging world economic order
  • Article
  • 15 Aug 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
As businesses across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland face US tariffs and ongoing turmoil, how can organisations build resilience, manage supply chains and make the right decisions to ensure they thrive?
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Governance failings putting broadband sector at risk, body warns
  • Article
  • 08 Aug 2025
  • ICAEW Insights
Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors flags up a governance gap and a heightened risk of collapse in the broadband sector due to lack of internal audit across major suppliers.
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