Further reading What Is Attestation? Definition, How It Works, History, and Example - Investopedia Attestation, in Confidential Computing - Microsoft Learn Attestation vs direct reporting - ICAEW

The audit universe is the comprehensive list of all the potential audit areas within an organisation. It serves as a foundational tool for planning and prioritising internal audit activities. Components within the Audit universe may be called Auditable areas, units or entities, depending on the lens the auditor is taking. Further reading Developing a Risk-based Internal Audit Plan - IIA Practice Guide Related pages Risk universe

Auditboard is a cloud-based platform that streamlines audit, risk, and compliance management for enterprises. Further reading Auditboard website Audit and Beyond: The Unbelievably True Story of AuditBoard Related pages Leading GRC vendors

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is Australia’s financial services industry regulator: APRA is Australia’s prudential supervisor, responsible for ensuring that our financial system is stable, competitive and efficient. Further reading APRA website

An availability zone (AZ) is a distinct location within a cloud provider’s infrastructure, designed to be isolated from failures in other zones. Each availability zone is implemented using one or more data centres, equipped with largely independent power, cooling, and networking to ensure high availability and fault tolerance between zones. Further reading Availability zone (Wikipedia)