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What an IT Security Audit Includes

An IT security audit evaluates whether agreed governance, technical, and operational controls are designed and operating as expected. It records evidence and gaps but does not itself grant certification.

Assessment overview

What the assessment includes

Audit objectives, business boundaries, control criteria, evidence owners, and timetable
Document, interview, configuration, and review of sampled evidence
Assessment of governance, access, vulnerability, logging, resilience, and supplier controls
Validation and classification of observed control gaps and associated risks
Scope statement, observations, risk register, improvement plan, and management briefing

Test coverage

What is examined

Final coverage depends on the agreed systems, access, objectives, exclusions, and safety requirements.

Security governance and asset ownership
Identity and access management
Secure configuration and change control
Vulnerability and patch management
Logging, monitoring, backup, and recovery
Supplier, incident, and continuity processes

Industry references

How coverage is informed

ISO/IEC 27001 control areas

Audit criteria for agreed information security management and control topics; not certification.

CIS Controls

Prioritized safeguards and evidence review across technical and operational controls.

NIST Cybersecurity Framework

Risk and capability context across Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover.

CIS Benchmarks

Configuration criteria for selected systems where included in scope.

These references inform the assessment. Testing does not itself provide certification or guarantee compliance.

Final report

What is included in the report

The report is designed for both decision makers and the teams responsible for remediation.

Audit scope and criteria statement
Observations supported by evidence
Register of control gaps and risks
Prioritized improvement plan
Management briefing and subsequent review

Discuss the required scope and report.

DIGITPOL will confirm the targets, constraints, evidence needs, and reporting requirements before testing.

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