Information Technology Audit

With highly publicized incidences of data loss and increasing security risks, many organizations struggle to develop and maintain a strong information technology (IT) control environment to mitigate IT risks. Employing qualified IT professionals has also become more difficult due to the high cost of training, limited availability of qualified resources and escalating compensation requirements. The role of IT audit has never been more important. In order to effectively manage the IT risk universe, your IT audit function needs to be skilled, trained and up-to-date with the ever-evolving IT field. In addition, your IT audit function should be well versed on a large variety of IT compliance issues, new and evolving regulations and IT best practices that provide value to your organization.

Schneider Downs can assist your organization by providing skilled IT audit professionals to meet your IT audit and risk needs. We can work with you to augment your current IT audit staff, or we can operate as a fully outsourced IT audit function. Either way, we will ensure that we provide IT audits that address the most critical risks to your organization.

Detailed Approach to Information Technology Audits

Schneider Downs’ dedicated IT audit professionals have experience working with a wide variety of industries of all sizes. We will partner with you to provide comprehensive IT audits to manage and mitigate IT risks within your enterprise IT environment. We provide a wide range of services that can be tailored to an organization’s risk appetite and compliance requirements.

With a large number of skilled and seasoned IT Auditors on staff, we can tailor IT audit plans and deliver results that are designed to mitigate the most critical risks to your organization. Our staff also delivers the utmost integrity, objectivity, confidentiality, and independence required by the auditing standards.

Our IT Audit Process

1. Interview network administrators and third-party vendors and conduct network searches for sensitive or critical data and systems.
2. Conduct network security reviews and scans, and review security policies, procedures and logs.
3. Review findings with security and management to reach a consensus.
4. Issue a report with as-needed threats, risks, gaps, recommendations, strategies, policies, or procedures.

About Schneider Downs IT Risk Advisory 

Schneider Downs’ team of experienced risk advisory professionals focus on collaborating with your organization to identify and effectively mitigate risks. Our goal is to understand not only the risks related to potential loss to the organization, but to drive solutions that add value to your organization and advise on opportunities to ensure minimal disruption to your business.  

To learn more, visit our dedicated IT Risk Advisory page.