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Auditing the Algorithm: What AI Assurance Looks Like in Practice

April 9, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Beyond Traditional IT Audit Many Caribbean internal audit functions have responded to the AI governance imperative by extending their existing IT audit methodology to cover AI systems. While this is a reasonable starting point, it is insufficient. AI systems present audit challenges that traditional IT audit is not designed to address: statistical model behaviour, training...

Algorithmic Accountability: Who Answers When AI Gets It Wrong?

April 9, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The Accountability Vacuum When an AI-driven loan origination system denies credit to a qualified applicant due to a biased training dataset, who is responsible? When an AI recruitment screener systematically filters out candidates from a particular demographic, who is accountable? When an autonomous pricing algorithm produces outputs that harm consumers or distort a market, who...

Internal Audit in Financial Services: A Caribbean Perspective

April 3, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Why Financial Services Demands a Specialist Audit Lens No sector in the Caribbean economy places more demanding or more consequential requirements on internal audit than financial services. Banks, credit unions, insurance companies, securities dealers, and development finance institutions collectively hold and manage the savings, pensions, insurance protection, and investment assets of millions of Caribbean households...

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Knowledge Transfer Through Outsourced Internal Audit: Building Lasting Capability

April 2, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Beyond Assurance — The Capability Dividend When Caribbean boards and audit committees evaluate the case for outsourcing or co-sourcing the internal audit function, the conversation typically centres on two primary considerations: the quality of the independent assurance the provider will deliver, and the cost of the arrangement relative to maintaining an in-house team. These...

Quality Assurance in Internal Audit: The IIA Standards Mandate

April 2, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Quality Is Not Assumed — It Is Demonstrated In every field of professional practice, there is a gap between claiming competence and demonstrating it. Lawyers pass bar examinations. Physicians are subject to peer review and licensing boards. Engineers have their designs independently certified. These external quality mechanisms exist because the stakes of professional failure...

Outsourcing Your Internal Audit Function: A Strategic Decision

April 2, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

A Decision That Shapes Everything Downstream Among the many governance decisions that boards and senior executives make when establishing or transforming an internal audit function, few have more far-reaching consequences than the question of delivery model: should the organisation build and maintain an in-house internal audit team, outsource the function entirely to a specialist external...

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Audit Readiness: What Jamaican Businesses Must Know

March 11, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Preparing for statutory audit — and using it as your most powerful credibility The word audit carries a weight of anxiety in many Jamaican and Caribbean business circles that is entirely disproportionate to the experience of a well-prepared business engaging with a reputable audit firm. The association with regulatory scrutiny, administrative burden, and the unwelcome...

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From Compliance to Confidence: A CEO’s Blueprint for Building an Assurance-Ready Organisation

March 6, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The CEO Who Transformed Her Company’s Relationship with Assurance Three years ago, the CEO of a Caribbean conglomerate with operations in financial services, manufacturing, and property management sat in a board meeting and listened to the external auditor present the annual audit findings. The presentation lasted twelve minutes. The auditor confirmed that the financial...

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Audit Committee Effectiveness: The Board’s Most Important Committee Is Often Its Weakest

March 5, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The Committee That Existed on Paper The regulator’s on-site examination of a Caribbean financial services company had been thorough. The examination team had spent three weeks reviewing governance structures, risk management frameworks, compliance systems, and financial reporting processes. The company was profitable, adequately capitalised, and growing. Its management team was experienced. Its board included...

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The Audit of the Future: How Technology Is Transforming Assurance in the Caribbean | Dawgen Global

February 26, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The global auditing services market reached US$277 billion in 2024 and is forecast to grow to US$430 billion by 2032, driven by technology adoption, regulatory complexity, and the demand for real-time assurance. Globally, 92 percent of chief audit executives identify data analytics as the most important technology skill for the future, and AI...

Auditing the Algorithm: What AI Assurance Looks Like in Practice

Algorithmic Accountability: Who Answers When AI Gets It Wrong?

Knowledge Transfer Through Outsourced Internal Audit: Building Lasting Capability

Quality Assurance in Internal Audit: The IIA Standards Mandate

Outsourcing Your Internal Audit Function: A Strategic Decision

Audit Readiness: What Jamaican Businesses Must Know

From Compliance to Confidence: A CEO’s Blueprint for Building an Assurance-Ready Organisation

Audit Committee Effectiveness: The Board’s Most Important Committee Is Often Its Weakest

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