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How can you ensure your IS security audit is agile enough to respond to emerging threats?

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IS security audits are essential for ensuring that your information systems (IS) are protected from cyberattacks, data breaches, and other risks. However, the security landscape is constantly evolving, and new threats emerge every day. How can you make sure that your IS security audit is agile enough to respond to these challenges and keep your IS secure and compliant? Here are some tips to help you plan and execute an effective and flexible IS security audit.

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1 Define your audit objectives and scope

Before you start your IS security audit, you need to have a clear idea of what you want to achieve and what you want to cover. Your audit objectives should align with your business goals, your IS strategy, and your security policies and standards. Your audit scope should define the boundaries of your IS, the components and processes you want to examine, and the criteria and metrics you want to use. Having a well-defined audit objective and scope will help you focus your efforts and resources on the most critical and relevant aspects of your IS security.

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Here are some key steps to ensure an agile IS security audit: 1. Stay updated: Regularly monitor emerging threats and vulnerabilities. 2. Adaptive planning: Continuously reassess and adjust audit strategies. 3. Collaborate: Foster strong coordination between auditors and relevant stakeholders. 4. Continuous testing: Apply automated and manual testing to detect vulnerabilities. 5. Streamlined processes: Implement efficient workflows to address threats promptly. 6. Agility in reporting: Deliver concise and timely reports to facilitate swift remediation. 7. Skill development: Invest in training to enhance auditors' knowledge and adaptability.

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2 Adopt a risk-based approach

A risk-based approach means that you prioritize your audit activities based on the level of risk that each IS component or process poses to your organization. This way, you can allocate more time and attention to the areas that have the highest potential impact or likelihood of being compromised, and less to the ones that have lower risk. A risk-based approach also helps you adapt your audit plan to changing circumstances and emerging threats, as you can adjust your risk assessment and audit scope accordingly.

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IS Security Audits are carried out periodically with predetermined boundaries and focus. To ensure whether the IS audit is agile enough to respond to such cyber attacks, it is necessary to carry out a continuous security audit using audit tools so that it can be ensured that the process can be monitored automatically. Apart from regular security audits, it is also necessary to plan and to do surprise audits of course by paying attention and considering the risk assessment that has been carried out.

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3 Use agile methods and tools

Agile methods and tools are designed to facilitate collaboration, communication, and feedback among the audit team and the stakeholders, as well as enable faster and more frequent delivery of audit results and recommendations. For example, Scrum is a framework for managing complex projects in short iterations called sprints, where the audit team works on specific tasks and delivers incremental value. Kanban is a visual system for managing workflow and progress, while DevSecOps integrates security into the development and operation of IS. Automated testing tools can also be used to perform various security tests on the IS without human intervention.

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4 Involve the stakeholders

Stakeholders, such as the management, users, customers, regulators and vendors, have an interest or influence on the IS security audit. Therefore, involving them in the audit process is essential to ensure that their expectations and needs are met, and that they will support and implement the audit findings and recommendations. To involve stakeholders, you can conduct interviews and surveys to understand their perspectives on IS security. Additionally, it's important to communicate with them regularly and transparently about the audit objectives, scope, plan, progress and results. Furthermore, you should solicit their feedback and input on the deliverables and actions. Finally, provide training and guidance on how to improve their IS security awareness and practices.

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5 Review and improve your audit process

The last tip is to review and improve your audit process based on the lessons learned and the feedback received from the audit team and the stakeholders. You can use various techniques to evaluate and enhance your audit process, such as a SWOT analysis for identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats; a PDCA cycle for continuous improvement; or an after action review for capturing and sharing knowledge and experience gained from the audit, as well as identifying best practices and areas for improvement.

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6 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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1 Define your audit objectives and scope

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