Cyber Security Audit Checklist
Cyber Security Audit Checklist
A cyber security audit is a systematic and independent examination of an organization’s cyber security. An audit ensures that the proper security controls, policies, and procedures are in place and working effectively.
The objective of a cyber security audit is to provide an organization’s management, vendors, and customers, with an assessment of an organization’s security posture.
Audits play a critical role in helping organizations avoid cyber threats. They identify and test your security in order to highlight any weaknesses or vulnerabilities that could be exploited by a potential bad actor.
What does our cyber security audit cover?
A cyber security audit focuses on cyber security standards, guidelines, and policies. Furthermore, it focuses on ensuring that all security controls are optimized, and all compliance requirements are met.
Specifically, an audit evaluates:
- Operational Security (a review of policies, procedures, and security controls)
- Data Security (a review of encryption use, network access control, data security during transmission and storage)
- System Security (a review of patching processes, hardening processes, role-based access, management of privileged accounts, etc.)
- Network Security (a review of network and security controls, anti-virus configurations, SOC, security monitoring capabilities)
- Physical Security (a review of role-based access controls, disk encryption, multifactor authentication, biometric data, etc.)
Download our cyber security audit checklist
Your audit checklist will depend on your industry, size, and compliance framework. Therefore, each organization’s checklist will vary. However, aNetwork’s offers free cyber security audit checklist that covers basic security policies.
If you have any questions or are interested in having an independent third party perform a cyber security audit, then please contact us.
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