{"id":33066,"date":"2025-08-11T16:04:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T20:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=33066"},"modified":"2025-08-14T14:13:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T18:13:27","slug":"internal-controls-and-risk-management-covering-the-basics","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\/industry-insights\/resources\/internal-controls-and-risk-management-covering-the-basics","title":{"rendered":"Internal Controls and Risk Management: Covering the Basics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"hero hero--textual hero--textual-powder-blue\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-9 col-lg\">\n                <ul class=\"breadcrumbs list-unstyled\">\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackbaud.com\"><i class=\"fa fa-home\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n            <li><a href=\"\/industry-insights\">Industry Insights<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/industry-insights\/resources\">Resources<\/a><\/li>\n        <li>Internal Controls and Risk Management: Covering the Basics<\/li>\n            <\/ul>            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-7\">\n                <div class=\"hero--textual__content\">\n                                    <h1>Internal Controls and Risk Management: Covering the Basics<\/h1>\n                                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-5\">\n                <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\"><\/div>            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"gated-resource\" id=\"gated-resource-block_beb954b9183ab17622b1e54f607f6da0\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row align-items-start justify-content-lg-between\">\n            <div class=\"col-lg-6 order-1\">\n                <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-white white-bg\" id=\"wysiwyg-block_42a85cd265789adafd550f396c747dc8\">\n            <div class=\"container\">\n            <div class=\"row\">\n                <div class=\"col-12\">\n                    <p class=\"body-large\">In this session (Part I), we cover the basic principles, core concepts, and key component parts of an internal accounting controls system (IACS). 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