We are the headline sponsor at the Chartered IIA Scotland Annual Conference 2026

As headline sponsor, Forvis Mazars is delighted to be supporting the 2026 Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors Scotland Annual Conference, taking place on 19-20 November 2026 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Edinburgh City Centre.

The conference will bring together internal audit and risk professionals, providing an opportunity to explore the issues shaping the profession and share practical insights and perspectives.

Our session

Bridging assurance and adversarial simulation: Building a more complete view of cyber risk

Theram Singh, Manager, Cyber Technology & Digital Risk Advisory, and Paul Kelly, Associate Director, Technology & Digital Consulting, will deliver a session exploring the current cyber threat landscape and what recent attacks can teach organisations about realistic cyber readiness.

Drawing on both cyber audit and offensive security perspectives, they will consider how assurance and compliance activities can be complemented by adversarial simulation to provide a more realistic view of an organisation’s exposure.

The session will also provide practical insight into the red team mindset, demonstrating how an attacker may approach an environment and identify potential routes to compromise.

Meet our speakers

Theram Singh

Theram is a Manager within the Cyber Technology & Digital Risk Advisory team and leads the firm’s Red Team services. With close to seven years of cyber security experience, he specialises in adversary simulation, initial access, phishing and social engineering.

His experience also spans purple teaming and penetration testing, working with organisations to better understand their exposure to real-world cyber threats and enhance their defensive capabilities.

Paul Kelly

Paul is an Associate Director in the Technology & Digital Consulting team at Forvis Mazars. He is an experienced technology audit and assurance specialist, with extensive experience delivering technology risk, audit and assurance work across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors.

Prior to joining Forvis Mazars, Paul spent 25 years with a large professional services organisation delivering technology audit and assurance services. He has almost 30 years' experience working with the public sector, spanning local and central government, health boards and non-departmental public bodies, with particularly deep experience of local government in Scotland.

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