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Are your RPA implementations bypassing traditional IT governance frameworks and creating security risks and operational inefficiencies? As organizations increasingly use Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to automate repetitive, rules-based tasks, your organization must answer this question.

A new publication from the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) addresses critical governance challenges in the rapidly growing area of RPA. The report introduces a structured approach to enhance an organization’s RPA governance and the effectiveness of its internal control systems by integrating RPA governance requirements with the five components of COSO’s Internal Control Integrated Framework (ICIF) – Control Environment, Risk Assessment, Control Activities, Information and Communication, and Monitoring Activities.

Key insights include:

🔷 A new, powerful RPA governance framework designed to help organizations optimize the benefits of automation while mitigating risks through effective internal controls.

🔷 Identifying essential governance areas, including managing security vulnerabilities, ensuring knowledge retention and controlling bot proliferation.

🔷 Strategies for addressing RPA risks, including inconsistent bot deployment, increased security breaches and scaling difficulties.

You can access the full report here:https://www.coso.org/_files/ugd/719ba0_77110b36ddec4b13b8610f2ecd02f55d.pdf

Kaiser Consulting’s experienced technology, risk and internal controls professionals can assist your organization in exploring how to integrate RPA governance into the COSO-ICIF framework to ensure RPA initiatives contribute to overall operational effectiveness while maintaining high governance and risk management standards. To learn more about our service offerings and start a conversation, please visit KaiserConsulting.com.

Team Kaiser enjoyed an engaging morning of professional development at our firm’s first internal training session of 2025! We extend a warm thank you to three outstanding professionals for sharing their timely and relevant insights with us:

◾ Chad Oviatt, Director of Investment Management at Huntington National Bank’s Private Bank, for providing a detailed look into historical, current, and future economic and market conditions in the comprehensive presentation, “2025 Economic Update.”

◾ Michelle Kuhtenia, CPA, Financial Advisor, Owner of ClearGuide Financial & Tax Services, for sharing Secure Act highlights, 2025 key tax items, and various recent tax and planning developments in the well-timed “Personal Financial Topics” presentation.

◾ Gwen Swigart Nichols CPA, President & CEO at Nichols & Company, CPAs, for discussing choice of entity considerations, payroll updates, Ohio’s unclaimed funds and sales tax reporting, LLC issues, and finance best practices for nonprofits in the informative presentation, “Navigating Business Taxation and Compliance: Key Topics for Business Owners and Finance Teams.”

We are grateful for the opportunity to learn from these experts who help us elevate our knowledge as well-rounded and informed professionals!