Security News > 2021 > August > Audit process or project changes leading to control gaps, creating risks

"The problem, according to 95% of 135 chief audit executive we polled in February of this year, is that implementing a project or process change regularly leads to control gaps."

"Audit leaders must firstly improve their visibility into changes happening in their organization and secondly develop the capability to deploy audit resources faster when changes arise."

A year ago, audit leaders were focused on attracting more information from business partners about changes to enable foresight and also by equipping their auditors to better articulate how audit can help management avoid problems and when to ask.

There are some simple steps that many CAEs don't take which can significantly improve audit's ability to deploy faster and therefore close control gaps arising from process or project changes.

"Audit leaders have traditionally focused on getting earlier visibility into control gaps arising from process or project changes," said Beale.

"But in doing so they have tended to overlook small adjustments to how audit resources are deployed that will also have a significant impact on audit getting to control gaps on time."

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