Increasing the Efficiency of IT Audit Methodology by Using the Organizations Tolerance to IT Systems Availability

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present a method of identifying key risks during IT audit of an organization, regardless of the organization activity, and presenting the impact of the risks identified on the audit methodology. Our main focus is reducing the risk identification during phase during an audit mission. Due to the fast changing economy, the need for efficiency in resources allocation is greater than ever. Optimal use of predefined risk matrix proves to be the main element contributing to an increase in efficiency.

Keywords

• Audit
• Risk Assessment
• Audit Areas
• Residual Aggregated Risk