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| Technology audit or information technology(IT) audit | | | | The basic information technology audit process |
| basically deals with the examination of the controls | | | | involves planning, studying and evaluating controls, |
| inside an entity's Information technology | | | | testing, reporting and doing follow-ups. Technology |
| infrastructure. Technology audit is executed together | | | | audit initially gathers the information of the company, |
| with financial statement audit, internal audit, or other | | | | examines the strength and weaknesses of the |
| form of testimonial engagement. IT audit is thus a | | | | company for defining the company's innovation needs |
| process of collecting and evaluating evidence of an | | | | by IRC, makes a vision of where the company can |
| organization's information systems, practices, and | | | | come up in the next 5 to 10 years, define the |
| operations. The evaluation of evidences obtained | | | | strategy for attaining the company's objectives and |
| from technology audit guarantee the organization's | | | | its planned stages and define the action plan for |
| information systems safeguard assets, maintains data | | | | attaining the set objectives. |
| integrity, and is operating effectively and efficiently | | | | The main purpose of Information Technology (IT) |
| to achieve the organization's goals or objectives. IT | | | | audit is to ascertain the risk to information assets |
| audit can also be called as automated data processing | | | | and implement controls for reducing or palliating the |
| (ADP) audits and computer audits. | | | | risk. IT audit does critical review and judge the |
| The primary aims of technology audit are to facilitate | | | | availability, confidentiality, and integrity of an |
| the company discover its technological needs and | | | | organization's information system. At present, |
| opportunities and serve the IRC(Internet relay chat) | | | | Information Technology (IT) auditing is speedily |
| delineate the most advantageous services for the | | | | acquiring ground in audit teams for two reasons. First, |
| company. | | | | most automated business and communications |
| Technology audit are subdivided into following types. | | | | processes of an organization rely heavily on |
| System and application audit,System development | | | | Information Technology (IT) in all aspects. Second, |
| audit,Audit for management of IT and enterprise | | | | today, IT systems stand for an appreciable |
| architecture,Audit for information processing | | | | budgetary allegiance virtually for all institutions and |
| facilities,Audit on Client/Server, Telecommunications, | | | | businesses. |