The Science of IT Audit
Learn science based approaches to audit decision making and communication and then experience why they work
IT Audit Lab is a radically different, high-impact learning experience built for today’s technology-focused audit professionals.
This is not a sit-back-and-listen workshop—you’ll be actively immersed in real-time simulations, system-based challenges, and collaborative problem-solving rooted in research on cognitive science, digital risk, and IT audit decision-making.
Led by Dr. Toby Groves, an expert in audit reasoning and investigative thinking, the lab blends engaging instruction with realistic, tech-driven audit scenarios. The goal? To transform how IT auditors think, adapt under pressure, and make high-stakes decisions in complex digital environments.
This isn’t just about mastering tools or controls—it’s about sharpening critical thinking, communicating with clarity, and becoming the kind of IT auditor who brings insight, intelligence, and resilience to the table.
Interested in bringing IT Audit Lab to your team?
Contact: laura@tobygroves.com
Simulations That Challenge and Reveal
Each simulation in IT Audit Lab is designed like a live experimental environment.
Teams manage separate but interconnected components of a complex, unfolding digital scenario—mirroring the challenges of real-world IT audits.
You’ll evaluate system controls, respond to cybersecurity threats, trace anomalies, and make critical decisions under pressure. But the real learning comes from the ripple effects—how your team’s choices influence the broader ecosystem and expose organizational vulnerabilities.
Simulations evolve in real time based on participant decisions, with new data and threats injected midstream—just like in a real audit. Throughout the experience, you’ll rotate roles to build cognitive agility, collaborative insight, and technical fluency across functions.
This is experiential IT audit learning at its best—dynamic, unpredictable, deeply human, and highly effective.
Why IT Audit Lab Works
Audit Lab is built on the neuroscience of learning and performance.
You learn more deeply when you’re in the experience, not just hearing about it.
You gain insight from teammates—not just the content—by learning how different minds work under pressure.
You build critical judgment by facing challenges, adapting to new information, and receiving expert feedback.
What You’ll Do:
- Rotate through dynamic roles—from stakeholder interaction and access control evaluation to incident response and data risk analysis.
- Navigate real-world inspired scenarios involving system vulnerabilities, cybersecurity threats, ethical dilemmas, and control failures.
- Present your findings, learn from other teams’ approaches, and receive expert feedback that challenges and sharpens your thinking.
- Watch the scenario evolve in real time as your decisions shape its trajectory—powered by AI-enhanced simulation design.
Why I Created IT Audit Lab
IT auditors are expected to make critical decisions in fast-changing, high-risk environments—but most training doesn’t reflect that complexity. I created IT Audit Lab to close that gap.
You’ll explore IT audit principles, of course—but more importantly, you’ll learn to think clearly under pressure, communicate across technical and non-technical boundaries, and navigate the ambiguity that defines modern audit challenges.
This isn’t a lecture. It’s an immersive, shared experience.
And by the end, you won’t just think differently about IT auditing—you’ll think differently about how we learn, decide, and lead in a digital world.
—Dr. Toby Groves
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IT Audit Lab is available for in-person or hybrid delivery, designed to fit a variety of organizational needs.
Ideal for IT audit departments, cybersecurity teams, government agencies, corporate audit functions, and professional chapters.
Flexible pricing options are available to accommodate a wide range of budgets and event formats.
For more information email toby@tobygroves.com