It’s always recommended that a third party conduct your information security audit. Having an unbiased opinion ensures that your systems are audited honestly and with integrity.
Compliance-related inspections rely on frequent inspections, especially in healthcare and customer service facing fields where client information is stored, accessed, and used as part of your day-to-day business.
Preparing for these audits through IT asset management can guarantee that your systems are functioning as efficiently as they should and that your business can pass an inspection.
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IT consulting can prepare your business for these information security audits by creating a thorough internal audit that establishes benchmarks and familiarizes your staff with the procedures during the audits.
These two types of auditing services include:
Risk-Based Audits:
To determine the adequacy of your policies and procedures of your systems this involves three different factors
- How integral are the assets that are being assessed
- How critical is any threat on any given day
- How vulnerable are your systems to these threats
Understanding these points helps to drive the direction of a plan and reinforce it's integrity. We can prioritize tasks, strategies and make it scalable for your growing business.
Compliance-Based Audits:
Validating the effectiveness and security of your adopted systems.
We evaluate strength and integrity of your already existing systems, preparations, policies, and user controls that are in place. Depending on the size of a company, whether it is public or private and what kind of assets it handles (financial information) the assessment will vary in complexity.
Depending on your requirements, our audits can assess the various systems:
- Data Encryption
- Network Vulnerabilities
- Controls and Access (including passwords, remote access, etc.)
- Application Security
- Segregation of Duties
The benefit of undergoing an information security audit:
- Ensure a fact-finding mission, not a fault-finding mission.
- Provide thorough communication.
- The auditor will be an unbiased third party — understanding your industry and company culture without being invested.
