Prove your conformance with the new Global Internal Audit Standards®.
For internal audit functions of any size
The Standards require an external quality assessment at least once every five years. EQAssure helps your function prepare and stay ready, with the Standards, your self-assessment and your evidence kept together in one place.
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How it works
Five steps from detailed standards to a well-prepared EQA.
The Standards are detailed, and it isn't always clear where to start. EQAssure guides you through them step by step, from understanding what each standard asks to preparing for your assessment, and keeps your evidence organised along the way.
- 01
Understand
Navigate all 5 domains, 15 principles and 52 standards in plain language.
- 02
Assess
Rate your conformance with each standard against its requirements, with the Standards' own evidence examples alongside.
- 03
Evidence
Upload your documents and link them to the standards they support.
- 04
Improve
Turn gaps into a tracked improvement plan with owners and target dates.
- 05
Your EQA
Share results with your assessor online, including evidence already organised for them.
Step 1 · Understand
All 5 domains, 15 principles and 52 standards.
Search every standard's requirements, considerations and evidence examples in plain language, so you know what each one asks of your function before you assess against it.
- Search in your own words
- See the domains, principles and standards that match
- Read the standard in its full wording
Internal auditors must exercise professional skepticism when planning and performing internal audit services.
Step 2 · Assess
A self-assessment that builds as you go.
Work through the standards one at a time, recording your rating, rationale and evidence as you go. Ratings roll up from standard to principle to domain, and where a principle needs a professional judgement, the call is yours. Your summary stays up to date throughout.
- Rate each standard against its requirements
- Record your rationale alongside the rating
- See the principle roll up, with your judgement where it's needed
Step 3 · Evidence
Your evidence, filed and cited.
Upload your charter, committee minutes and audit plans. EQAssure reads them, matches the relevant passages to the standards they support and cites where each one comes from, so the evidence sits alongside your ratings.
AI does the first read and suggests where each passage belongs, quoting the exact wording so you can check it quickly. The professional judgement stays with you.
- The document is read and the passages that matter are highlighted
- Each passage is matched to the standard it supports
- You accept, re-file or discard each suggestion
Step 4 · Improve
Gaps become a plan you can show the board.
Each gap is logged against the standard it relates to, with an owner, priority and target date, and tracked until the evidence shows it's closed.
- Partially and Does Not Conform ratings become logged gaps
- Owners, priorities and target dates attached
- Closed once the evidence is linked
Reporting, at any stage
The reports your board and assessor need.
Pre-built report templates for every audience, generated from your assessment at any time, wherever you are on your conformance journey.
- One assessment, one evidence trail
- Choose the report for each audience
- Export to PDF, Word or Excel, up to date
Step 5 · Your EQA
Your EQA, reviewed online.
Your assessor reviews your evidence and raises questions online, so much of the EQA can happen before the site visit.
You and your assessor work in the same place, so there's less chasing documents by email, and you both keep a clear record of what was asked, answered and agreed.
- Your assessor's requests arrive as one list
- You answer from the evidence you already hold
- Both sides see the same trail
For assessors and assessment firms
Run your EQAs from one shared workspace.
Your client prepares in EQAssure and you carry out the assessment. Whether it's a single engagement or a whole portfolio, you can review evidence, reach your conclusions and produce your report online, with far less back-and-forth over documents.
- InviteOpen the engagement and invite your client to the shared portal, whether or not they already use EQAssure.
- ReviewRatings, rationale and evidence organised standard by standard, ready for you to review.
- ValidateSuggest, question and confirm, with every decision recorded against the standard it belongs to.
- DeliverProduce your EQA report pack from your conclusions, ready to export.
Firm subscriptions and per-engagement options are available. Book a demo and we'll take you through the full assessor tour.
The Standards’ own wording, used under licence.
ChiselForge is an Authorized Licensee of The Institute of Internal Auditors (The IIA). Assessments produced here are not reviewed or endorsed by The IIA. Global Internal Audit Standards® and IIA® are registered trademarks of The IIA. Global Internal Audit Standards © 2024 The Institute of Internal Auditors, Inc., used under licence.
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