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Environment: A virtual classroom is created for interactive financial education sessions. Students engage in
simulated investment activities and learn about budgeting and financial planning. Virtual trading simulations
provide hands-on learning experiences.
Advantage: The immersive nature of the metaverse is leveraged to provide practical financial education,
preparing individuals for real-world financial challenges.
Virtual Meetings and Conferences:
Conference: An organization hosts a virtual conference in the metaverse for industry professionals. Participants
from around the world can attend via their virtual avatars. Keynote speeches, panel discussions, and networking
events are held in virtual conference halls.
Interaction: Attendees can interact with industry experts, visit virtual exhibition booths, and establish valuable
connections in the financial sector.
Outcome: The Global Finance Summit uses the metaverse to foster a global, inclusive conference experience,
promoting collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Data Visualization and Analytics:
Application: A company uses the metaverse to provide advanced data visualization and analytics tools to
financial professionals. The virtual analytics platform allows complex financial data to be visualized in interactive
and immersive 3D environments.
Capabilities: Users can explore data trends, conduct simulations, and analyze financial performance through
intuitive interfaces within the metaverse. Analytics Solutions Inc. utilizes the metaverse's immersive capabilities
to enhance data-driven decision-making.
Outcome: The platform enables financial professionals to gain deeper insights into market trends and make
informed investment decisions.
Common Risks associated:
Challenges: Technologies in the metaverse face issues related to public safety, cybersecurity, data privacy, data
protection, lack of standards, and technical challenges. The tracking of movements and data within the metaverse
generates massive amounts of information about users.
Concerns: Issues around taxation, jurisdiction, and customer protection are raised. Regulators and auditors must
consider controls for privacy, data security, and governance to ensure appropriate regulation.

(CNO DAA.340) Conclusion
Opportunity-Risk Balance: Emerging technologies offer opportunities and risks to organizations. It's the
auditor's responsibility to find the optimal balance between the cost and benefit of internal controls to mitigate
these risks.
Technology-Business Integration: Auditors need to understand how technology integrates with business,
including the governance of technology and the automation of business activities. Understanding the business
impacts resulting from automation and how negative impacts are controlled and monitored is crucial.
Tech-Competency: While auditors are not expected to be experts in all technologies, they should be able to
identify the inherent risks associated with these technologies. Auditors should comprehend the technology
architecture and the internal control framework embedded in the technology. Auditors need to understand the
internal control framework of the technology and how it integrates with the business.

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