Objective: Ensure sensitive systems and data security, verify security procedures, and detect potential security incidents.
Scope: All IT systems, records, policies, data centers, and security documents.
Policy Details:
- Internal Audit: Conducted by organization employees, periodic and scheduled.
- External Audit: Conducted by external parties, independent review, coordination with security manager.
- Powers:
- Audit team independence.
- Full system access.
- Employee cooperation.
- Audit Team Duties:
- Pre-planning and scheduling.
- Implementing audits according to standards.
- Reviewing processes and systems.
- Evaluating security procedures.
- Collecting evidence.
- Preparing audit reports.
- Reports:
- Detailed findings and recommendations.
- Inclusion of objectives, scope, and duration.
- Conclusions on security measures and vulnerabilities.
- Documentation and Evidence:
- Accurate documentation of all audit stages.
- Documentation of collected evidence.
- Retention of audit documentation.
- Code of Conduct:
- Adherence to ethical conduct.
- Confidentiality, integrity, and impartiality.
- No personal or commercial use of information.
- Immediate reporting of violations.
Detailed Audit Process Simulation:
- Preparation and Planning:
- Acceptable: Scheduled audit, notifications, document preparation.
- Unacceptable: No notifications, no detailed plan.
- Data Collection and Systems Examination:
- Acceptable: Network and system logs, security updates, SIEM tools, server scans.
- Unacceptable: Ignoring important systems.
- Review of Policies and Procedures:
- Acceptable: Review of security policies, ISO 27001 adherence, access policies, need-to-know, separation of duties.
- Unacceptable: Neglecting incident response or backup policies.
- Interaction with Employees:
- Acceptable: Interviews, verification of policy adherence.
- Unacceptable: Employee non-cooperation, inactive accounts.
- Final Report:
- Acceptable: Detailed report, vulnerability identification, recommendations.
- Unacceptable: Inaccurate or incomplete documentation.
- Follow-up and Implementation:
- Acceptable: Review of recommendations, vulnerability fixes, awareness training.
- Unacceptable: No action on recommendations.
Simulation of Audit Results:
- Acceptable: Closed user accounts, daily/monthly backups, tested data recovery.
- Unacceptable: Active former employee accounts, outdated security updates.
Recommendations:
- Activate two-factor verification.
- Regularly review access permissions.
- Organize security training.
Conclusion:
- Integrated audit process improves information security.
- Full interaction ensures vulnerability detection and protection.
