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internal control

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A process, effected by an entity's board of directors, management, and other personnel, designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of objectives relating to operations, reporting, and compliance.

MWETSP Section 100

Senses

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012

The purpose of this task is to provide reasonable assurance that operations are effective and efficient, financial reporting is reliable, and applicable laws and regulations are being followed.

Wordset Dictionary

an accounting procedure or system designed to promote efficiency or assure the implementation of a policy or safeguard assets or avoid fraud and error etc.

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

alternatephrasing
Internal Control
plural
internal controls
possessive
internal control's
pluralpossessive
internal controls'