Cybersecurity Audit — 1

With the increasing number of cyberthreats, it is becoming critical for audit plans to include cybersecurity…

Technology has a vital place in all areas of business life. Thanks to the blessings of technology, while computers produce reports and make necessary queries, our employees can perform different tasks, increase the efficiency and variety of services offered to stakeholders, and share data quickly.

Again, thanks to technology, we produce a lot of data. Our world is full of data. The size of the data we store is enormous. Soon, organizations will have to deal with 30 times more data than they already process in less than ten years. These data should be stored, categorized, and classified appropriately. And of course, it should be protected very carefully.

Information security helps protect information from a wide range of threats to ensure business continuity, minimize related risks, and obtain maximum benefit from investments and opportunities. This definition is essential; it clearly shows us that information security is a tool, not a goal. Security always has a cost, and you have to pay. In this respect, a cost-benefit analysis will show us how much security we need.

None, an organization on earth, exists solely for providing information security. Basically, they exist to create value that they can gain profit in return. None of them came to life specifically to have firewalls, IDSs, identification technologies, guards, policies, and procedures. However, today the scale and intensity of attacks on information assets seem to make us forget what is done for what.

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And the internal audit functions seem to be the correct address for this request. However, directing internal audit resources to examine cybersecurity is a crucial decision to take by senior management.

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And only after understanding the goals, concerns, expectations, and vision of top management, regarding the technological change, use of technology, and data protection... Read more

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