An IT security audit is a comprehensive assessment of an organization’s security posture and IT infrastructure. Conducting an IT security audit helps organizations find and assess the vulnerabilities existing within their IT networks, connected devices, and applications. It gives you the opportunity to fix security loopholes, and achieve compliance.

An IT security audit also comprises the physical part. In which, the auditor verifies physical hardware access for security and other administrative issues. However, this only covers the non-physical part of an IT security audit.

Benefits of IT Security Audit

As we mentioned, an IT security audit reveals underlying vulnerabilities and security risks in an organization’s IT assets. Identifying risks, however, has a positive rippling effect on the organization’s overall security. How? We discuss them point by point below:

1. Weighs your current security structure and protocols and helps you define a standard for your organization with the audit results.
2. Mitigates hacker-risks by discovering potential hacker entry points and security flaws well in advance.
3. Verifies how compliant your IT infrastructure is with top regulatory bodies and helps you conform in accordance.
4. Finds lag in your organization’s security training and awareness and helps you make informed decisions towards its betterment.