Glossary: Compliance, Privacy and Penetration Testing
Audit committee
A small group of board members, who should be independent of management, that oversees a company's audits. It approves the charter and audit plan, receives internal audit's reports and oversees the outside auditors. At Kettle & Crane the two investors play this role.
Where the book teaches it
Related terms
Board of directorsAudit charterAudit planSarbanes-Oxley ActChief audit executive