Tips and Techniques for Advanced Auditing
The cloud provides organizations with flexibility, scalability, increased collaboration, and speed. However, IT auditors need to be aware of the potential pitfalls that can increase the security risk for organizations. In this chapter, we want to equip IT auditors with a few tips and techniques they can leverage to make audits in the cloud more efficient. In addition, we will build awareness of considerations IT auditors need to know as they prepare for more advanced auditing requirements.
In this chapter, we’ll cover the following main topics:
- Common pitfalls
- Tips, tricks, and techniques
- Preparing for more advanced auditing
- Other clouds – IBM, Oracle, Alibaba
By the end of this chapter, we will be able to identify the common pitfalls IT auditors need to be cognizant of as they approach their audits. We will also have knowledge of some tips and techniques that can be utilized for more effective audits...
