INTOSAI adopts cybersecurity, remote audits work plan for 2026-28

New Delhi: The International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) has adopted the 2026-28 Work Plan, which prioritises cybersecurity audits and remote audits using Internet of Things technologies, CAG said in a release on Friday.

The work plan was adopted at the 34th Annual Meeting of INTOSAI Working Group on IT Audit (WGITA), which was held along with the 17th Steering Committee Meeting of the INTOSAI Knowledge Sharing Committee (KSC) in Hyderabad. The four-day international event, hosted by Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, K Sanjay Murthy, saw participation from delegates of 29 nationalities representing Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs), global partner organisations, and domain experts from across the world, the release said.

At the WGITA meeting, members reviewed progress under the 2023-25 work plan, which included the development of detailed audit matrices to support the IT Audit Handbook, the release of INTOSAI Guidance-5101 on Information System Security Audits, and the creation of evaluation guidelines for assessing information systems. "A key outcome of the meeting was the adoption of the 2026-28 Work Plan, which prioritises cybersecurity audits and remote audits using Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. The plan also reinforced commitments to research, capacity building, and development of new audit knowledge," CAG said on the concluding day of the event.

SAI India, in collaboration with IIT Madras, presented its initiative to develop a Large Language Model (LLM) trained on audit and inspection reports.