25.14 Risk assessment procedures are performed in a financial statement audit to identify areas where the risk of material misstatement is more than remote (reasonably possible) so that suitable audit procedures can be designed to respond to the identified risks. In performing an integrated audit, it is essential that the risk assessment process is consistent between the financial statement and internal control audits. Therefore, if the audit team assesses an assertion as having a reasonably possible risk of material misstatement in the financial statement audit (whether due to error or fraud) that assertion should also be considered as having a reasonably possible risk of material misstatement for purposes of the internal control audit