11 steps to winning back your time & reducing IT risk
As if the job of an IT manager or leader was not already challenging enough, today’s IT risk and regulatory environment is constantly increasing in complexity . Alongside this, there is an unprecedented proliferation of business devices, systems and data, creating more and ever- changing risks.
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO IT AUDIT READINESS
The challenges and demands of a day in the life of an IT managerDepending on industry and region of operations, there is an “alphabet soup” of regulations and frameworks that require some form of compliance or adherence . Auditors and compliance specialists, both internal and external, come to the IT department checking to see whether there are issues of control and compliance with one or many of SOX, OMB A-123, PCI, GLBA, HIPAA, COBIT, COSO, ISO, SSAE 16 SOC 1, and a
seemingly endless list of other acronyms . While this generates a huge amount of work for the IT team’s often limited resources, at the same time there are very real risks that a data security breach or critical IT system failure could result in major damage to the business or organization overall .
How to deal with all of this? The whole concept of being able to achieve and maintain a state of “IT Audit Readiness” may seem like a pipe dream . But what if processes could be put in place that result in up-to-date and meaningful risk assessments, well documented and managed controls and minimal negative findings from audits? While it may well already be on your radar to get things organized so that audits are not a dreaded occurrence, the reality is that this can be difficult to achieve .
