%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2017 %T Q&A. Is Internal Audit Ready for Blockchain? %A Hugh Rooney %A Brian Aiken %A Megan Rooney %K blockchain %K controls %K governance %K internal audit %K risk management %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 7 %P 41-44 %8 10/2017 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/1113 %N 10 %1 Tendermint/COSMOS Hugh Rooney is a member of the Tendermint/COSMOS team who are building blockchain infrastructure that will provide unparalleled scalability, security, and interoperability to the next generation of blockchain-based applications. Hugh holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business in London, Canada, and has extensive experience in the application of leading-edge technologies to a wide range of business problems in both the public and private sectors. %2 Audit Committee to the Auditor General of Canada Brian Aiken is an External Board Member of the Audit Committee to the Auditor General of Canada. He has held a variety of management positions at the Bank of Canada, including oversight for financial systems, strategic planning, corporate security, and internal audit. He later joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as a Chief Audit Executive, with responsibility for internal audit, program evaluation, and quality assurance and management review. He completed his career as the Assistant Comptroller General, Internal Audit, at the Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Ottawa and is a Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Fraud Examiner. %3 Megan Rooney is a law student at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Canada, with an interest in the practical implications of technology on governance. A graduate of the Theatre Production and Management program at York Universities Fine Arts Department (Cum Laude and Dean’s List). Megan was a Senior Editor at the Osgoode Hall Law Journal and has worked as a research assistant to several professors as well as the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA). %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1113