Dr. Rainer Lenz
Turning Integrated Assurance into Practice: Challenges and Opportunities

Explore how integrated assurance can move from theory to practice, helping boards gain clarity on what matters most. This session highlights why current standards emphasize compliance but overlook innovation, agility, and empathy, and why only a small fraction of organizations has mature GRC integration. Discover five barriers to progress, from structural coordination challenges to cultural anxieties and fragmented systems, and how internal audit can champion collaboration across risk, compliance, controls, and governance. Learn from practical approaches such as 360 degree GRC meetings and rethinking the “Three Lines” model, positioning audit as a faculty within the organization. A roadmap for turning assurance into a strategic, innovative force that strengthens governance and decision making.