New York (March 24, 2025) – As expectations rise for both risk management professionals and internal auditors, RIMS, the risk management society®, and The Institute for Internal Auditors (The IIA) have entered into an agreement to provide both professional communities with greater access to career-building and program-advancing learning experiences. RIMS and The IIA will offer their respective memberships a selection of the other association’s virtual, on-demand webinars and workshops.
“Risk professionals’ expertise, responsibilities, and even professional titles can vary greatly,” said RIMS CEO Gary A. LaBranche, FASAE, CAE. “Whether you are a traditional risk management professional or an internal auditor, both require cutting-edge resources to drive business resilience and improve outcomes for their organizations. RIMS and The IIA share a commitment to empower these integral business leaders, and are proud to extend these learning opportunities to them.”
"We are excited to collaborate with RIMS and unite our expertise to advance members’ professional development,” said Anthony Pugliese, President and CEO of The Institute of Internal Auditors. “This agreement highlights our shared commitment to learning and growth in internal audit and risk management. Through cutting-edge courses, we equip members with the tools and knowledge to drive success and resilience, while fostering the exchange of valuable insights.”
Per the agreement, the following virtual and on-demand courses are available for purchase by both RIMS and The IIA members:
- Applying and Integrating ERM – Developed by RIMS
- Managing Cognitive Bias – RIMS
- Risk Appetite Management – RIMS
- Designing an Enterprise Risk Management Framework – RIMS
- Risk Management Techniques for the Global Risk Professional – RIMS
- IT Essentials – Introduction to IT – Developed by The IIA
- Logical Security: Application, Database, and Operating System Layers – The IIA
- Auditing IT Change Management – The IIA
- Exploring Corrective Controls – The IIA
- Physical and Environmental Controls – The IIA
- Governance of Enterprise IT – The IIA
- Auditing Third-Party Risks – IT – The IIA
- Assessing Cybersecurity Risks: The Three Lines Model – The IIA
- Assessing Fraud Risk – The IIA
- Auditing Culture and Conduct – The IIA
- The Role of Internal Audit in Insurance Organizations – The IIA
- Auditing Market Risk – The IIA
- Auditing Model Risk Management – The IIA
- Auditing Third-Party Risks – The IIA
- Liquidity Risk Management – The IIA
- Managing People Risk with Behavioral Science – The IIA
- Managing Geopolitical Risk and Uncertainty – The IIA
- Ethics Essentials Bundle – The IIA
- Introduction to Critical Thinking – The IIA
- Communications Basics – The IIA
- Risk, Fraud, and Illegal Acts – The IIA
- Root Cause Analysis Tools and Techniques – The IIA
- ChatGPT & Internal Audit: Governance of the Utilization of Generative AI – The IIA
- Auditing the Cybersecurity Program Certificate – The IIA
RIMS members can explore The IIA courses that are now available to them here. To access RIMS’ complete selection of workshops, webinars, and courses visit, www.RIMS.org/Education.
The IIA Members can explore the RIMS courses that are now available to them at https://www.theiia.org/en/learning/online/ondemand/.
About The Institute of Internal Auditors and Internal Audit Profession
The Institute of Internal Auditors (The IIA) is an international professional association that serves more than 260,000 global members and has awarded more than 200,000 Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) certifications worldwide. Established in 1941, The IIA is recognized throughout the world as the internal audit profession's leader in standards, certifications, education, research, and technical guidance. For more information, visit www.theiia.org.
About RIMS
RIMS, the risk management society®️, empowers risk professionals to make the world safer, more secure, and more sustainable. Through networking, professional development, certification, advocacy, and research, RIMS and its 80 chapters serves more than 200,000 risk practitioners and business leaders from over 75 countries. Founded in 1950, the Society publishes the award-winning Risk Management Magazine and produces RISKWORLD®️, the largest annual gathering of global risk professionals. RIMS embraces diversity, equity and inclusion and welcomes all risk professionals to connect and learn, explore the online Risk Knowledge library, tune into the RIMScast podcast series, and engage via social media. To learn more, visit https://www.RIMS.org.