IPE and SOX Readiness Considerations: Building a Consistent Process

Over the past years, additional documentation and testing requirements have been brought up regarding IPE (Information Provided by Entity). With the renewed focus on IPE, internal audit leaders Mukesh Arora and Lin Wang share examples and learnings about system considerations for IPE, their experiences in IPE testing, and the practice of building a consistent IPE process, including:

• What is IPE — and how to identify different types of IPE.
• Completeness and accuracy risks in the IPE process and how control owners and auditors can address them.
• Concrete steps to create a consistent process for IPE irrespective of application/technology.