Technology offers tremendous opportunities for any business and remains a critical success factor in today’s competitive environment.
With growing reliance on technology and advent of advanced technologies such as robotics, machine learning, advanced analytics and cloud services – the traditional technology environment has become more complex and attracts increased regulatory scrutiny.
It is essential for the Board of Directors and Senior Management to ensure robust arrangements for governance, risk management and control processes are in place within IT and data security space to manage associated business risks and security threats.
At Global Forum, we offer a wide range of fully managed (outsourcing) and partnership (co-sourcing) options for IT internal and external audits.
Our specialist audit team can provide professional and independent assurance on whether your organisation's risk management, governance and internal control processes are adequately designed and operating effectively.
Our audit methodology is based on the guidance from The Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and best practice control frameworks such as COSO [Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission], COBIT® [Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology], ISO/IEC 17799 and ITIL [Information Technology Infrastructure Library].
The audit work is conducted by the subject matter experts in IT audit who are certified members of globally recognised organisations such as ISACA and (ISC)² .
Our experts have leading edge technology risk assurance skills, decades of internal and external audit experience and supported by the leading-edge tools including data analytics techniques which enables them to provide high levels of assurance and risk management insight across the technology environment.
Our services include from development of a risk-based audit plan, audit needs assessment and the execution of a wide range of IT and information security audits. Please reach out for a free, no-obligation initial consultation, and to discuss all your IT and security assurance requirements.
We have performed high quality technology and information security assurance engagements in the following areas:
IT projects are a major source of innovation and change for many organisations. As such, the risks to the success of those projects usually deserve special attention. We can perform assurance assignments at each stage of the programme, including:
Our professional IT internal and external audit services designed to provide high levels of assurance and risk management across the technology environment. Our work output help to identify risks and the appropriate controls to mitigate those risk to an acceptable level.
We can perform onsite audits, as well as work in remote /virtual environment. The audit timeframe typically depends on the objective and scope of the audit engagement, and our services can be easily customised to meet your specific busines needs. Please contact us for a free consultation to discuss how we can help.