Role-Based Programme
RB0974

NotebookLM for Risk & Internal Audit

Source-Grounded Analysis, Evidence Review & Audit Intelligence

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Duration
16 Hours
Level
Intermediate
Delivery
Instructor-Led
Format
Capability Training

Programme Objectives

  • Develop functional proficiency in using NotebookLM to analyse policies, procedures, audit evidence, control documentation, reports, and supporting business information.
  • Apply source-grounded questioning and citation-based review techniques to identify risks, control gaps, inconsistencies, exceptions, and unresolved audit questions.
  • Use multi-source analysis, Deep Research, and structured outputs to strengthen audit planning, risk assessment, benchmarking, and issue validation.
  • Build reusable audit workflows for evidence review, control assessment, finding development, management reporting, and follow-up.
  • Apply appropriate source validation, confidentiality, professional judgement, and human-review controls when using AI-assisted audit analysis.

Tools covered

NotebookLM / Gemini NotebookSource-Grounded ChatCitationsDeep ResearchSource DiscoveryReportsData TablesMind MapsSlide DecksAudio & Video Overviews

Who should attend

  • Internal Auditors
  • Risk Management Professionals
  • IT & Technology Auditors
  • Risk & Control Professionals
  • Audit Managers
  • Compliance Professionals
  • Governance, Risk & Compliance Professionals
  • Process Assurance Professionals
  • Operational Risk Professionals
  • Enterprise Risk Management Teams
  • Quality & Assurance Professionals
  • Control Testing Professionals
  • Audit & Risk Analytics Teams

Prerequisites & Participant Readiness

  • Basic understanding of risk, controls, compliance, or internal-audit activities
  • Familiarity with policies, procedures, audit evidence, reports, and control documentation
  • Basic computer and internet proficiency
  • Familiarity with audit planning, testing, findings, or risk assessment is helpful
  • No programming or technical AI expertise required
  • No previous NotebookLM experience required

TOC Modules

Concepts
  • Understanding NotebookLM as a source-grounded research and analysis workspace
  • Understanding notebooks, sources, chat, citations, notes, and generated outputs
  • Identifying suitable audit sources such as policies, SOPs, control matrices, reports, contracts, and review documents
  • Understanding the difference between source-grounded evidence analysis and general AI responses
Practical activities
  • Creating an audit-focused notebook using sample source documents
  • Exploring automatically generated source summaries and themes
  • Asking initial risk and control questions from the uploaded evidence

Scenarios

Internal Control Review & Gap Analysis

Policies & SOPs → Control Documentation → NotebookLM Analysis → Risk-Control Mapping → Evidence Comparison → Control Gaps → Audit Observations

Participants consolidate multiple control-related sources and use citation-backed analysis to identify documentation inconsistencies, potential control gaps, and follow-up questions, improving audit-analysis efficiency and evidence traceability.

Audit Evidence to Management Report

Audit Evidence → Multi-Source Analysis → Exceptions → Findings → Management Actions → Executive Audit Summary

Participants transform a large collection of audit evidence into structured findings, action tracking, and a concise management-ready report while validating every material conclusion against the underlying sources.

**Capability Reference:** NotebookLM was renamed **Gemini Notebook** in July 2026. Its current research capabilities include source-grounded chat, citations, source discovery and Deep Research, plus structured outputs such as reports, Data Tables, Mind Maps, Slide Decks, Audio Overviews, and Video Overviews.

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