Auditing AI: Risks, Controls and Ethics - Online Workshop

When:  Jul 30, 2026 from 09:30 to 13:30 (Sydney Time)
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This workshop provides internal audit professionals with practical guidance on auditing artificial intelligence systems, focusing on AI governance, risk management, data integrity and ethical use of AI in organisational processes.


Key areas to be covered

  • Understanding AI in the enterprise – Exploring common AI applications, capabilities and associated risks
  • Evaluating AI governance and controls – Assessing AI strategy, policies and procedures, oversight structures and accountability mechanisms
  • Auditing data quality and AI output integrity – Ensuring inputs, outputs and assumptions are accurate, secure, reliable and unbiased
  • Ethical and regulatory considerations – Reviewing compliance with AI standards, data privacy laws, ethics, transparency and industry regulations
  • Integrating AI audit into internal audit strategy – Incorporating AI risk assessments into audit planning and reporting


Key learning outcomes

  • Gain a clear understanding of AI applications and associated risks within organisations
  • Learn how to assess AI governance, risks, controls and accountability for AI systems
  • Understand what AI use cases are and the importance of AI registers
  • Develop skills to audit data quality, AI output integrity and bias mitigation
  • Understand regulatory, ethical and compliance considerations relevant to AI audits

CPE Points: 4

Knowledge Level: Beginner - Intermediate 

Delivery Format: Facilitator-led training via Zoom (Note: This training program will be delivered in a 4-hour lesson, using Zoom. Registrations will be strictly limited to 15 participants to allow maximum interaction in the online environment.)

IIA-Australia Member: $330.00 AUD

IIA-Australia Non-Member: $395.00 AUD

Facilitator: Tariq Islam PMIIA, Managing Director, RapidLynx Consulting & Member, AI Working Group, IIA-Australia

Tariq is a highly experienced internal audit, data and analytics professional with 20 years of corporate experience across professional services, financial services and defence. In 2023, Tariq started a boutique data, analytics and AI consultancy called RapidLynx Consulting which mainly services internal audit and risk management teams.

Prior to starting RapidLynx, Tariq spent 7 years working in internal audit at CBA and Westpac where he held Executive Manager Analytics roles. He also worked in risk consulting at PwC for several years as a data forensics specialist. Across his Big 4 banking roles, Tariq gained hands-on experience with using AI for internal audit execution and auditing the use of AI across both banks.

Since establishing RapidLynx, Tariq has worked closely with IIA-Australia, where he is a member of their AI Working Group, has authored white papers on AI and has designed and delivered AI Masterclass training. In addition to delivering public courses and presentations at conferences such as SOPAC on using and auditing AI, Tariq has also delivered in-house and customised training sessions on AI for several internal audit functions.

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