Auditing Information Security Governance – Part IV
Posted by: Robert Davis
Certified Information Systems Auditor, Certified Information Technology Professional, Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Internal Controls Auditor, Certified Public Accountant, External Audit, Information Security Governance, Internal Audit, ISG, IT Audit
To prevent expectation misinterpretation, the ISG engagement ‘terms of reference’ should minimally address engagement ambit, reporting lines, and IT audit authority. Specifically, ISG functional areas and issues definitions, identified ‘highest-organization-level’ issues reporting, as well as auditor information access rights should be clearly documented in the audit charter and/or engagement letter.
ISG can be an individual audit area examination or an auditable unit examination for every audit or review undertaken. During the IT audit planning process, all or segments of an entity’s deployed governance related frameworks may be selected as auditable units. Furthermore, ISG audits may cross divisional, functional, or departmental demarcations.
“View Part I of the Auditing Information Security Governance series here“
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