COSO’s Internal Control Framework
The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) consists of the American Accounting Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Institute of Management Accountants, and the Financial Executives Institute. In 1992. COSO issued Internal Control-Integrated Framework (IC), which is widely accepted as the authority on internal controls and is incorporated into policies, rules, and regulations used to control business activities.
The five components of the IC framework, summarized in Table 7-1, are part of COSO’s newer Enterprise Risk Management framework.