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A buyer’s guide to AI-powered audit management software

January 15, 2026

Internal audit leaders are today expected to deliver faster, more relevant assurance that stays aligned to enterprise risk — without additional budget or headcount. While traditional audit software digitizes workflows, agentic AI goes further, enabling audits to adapt as risks, scope and findings change. This buyer’s guide explains how agentic, AI-powered audit management software helps audit teams move beyond manual coordination and static plans to intelligent, risk-aligned execution. Built for chief audit executives, heads of internal audit and audit technology decision-makers, the guide outlines what to look for in audit platforms designed for today’s dynamic risk environment.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to:

  • Bring agentic intelligence into audit execution
  • Align audits directly to enterprise risk
  • Eliminate manual request and evidence coordination
  • Keep audits moving as conditions change
  • Evaluate enterprise-ready AI responsibly

The right audit technology doesn’t just automate tasks — it connects audit execution, risk and remediation to deliver faster, more actionable assurance. Download the buyer’s guide to see how agentic AI is reshaping modern audit.

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AI & automation: The future of Audit

The emergence of AI has generated curiosity throughout the auditing industry. Through experimentation and quick adaptation, auditors are leveraging AI to enhance and speed their process.

In the present environment, auditors are asked to produce reports far more rapidly than previously expected. In order to meet changing requirements and expectations, they’re using AI to produce risk and control matrices, provide additional data inputs, and create other efficiencies throughout the auditing process.

“A single button click can deliver an entire value proposition that audit teams were spending weeks on. [AI] adds a ton of value to your process and to your organization,” says Mike Levy, CEO of Cherry Hill Advisory

Hear from these thought leaders about how the use of AI is impacting the work of internal auditors:

  • Faizal Chaudhury, Deputy Chief Auditor of Sallie Mae
  • Mike Levy, CEO of Cherry Hill Advisory
  • Nick Geffers, Audit Director of Financial Services Company
  • Naohiro Mouri, Executive Vice President & Chief Auditor of AIG

Visit https://www.diligent.com/lp/clarifyrisk for more.

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