Your security program will come into question through formal and informal audits. From time to time, you should prepare for that. You are after all, the most critical piece of the puzzle when it comes to trust and people want to continually make sure they can trust you. So you will be audited audits are processes that are designed to make sure that you are doing what you're saying you're doing and that you're doing everything you're supposed to. auditors are looking for records of information, access control records, signatures on forms, logs of keys and equipment, printouts of users authorized to access confidential systems, ways you communicate information, checklist of routine duties you're performing and other items. Usually audits are announced in advance to make sure you're prepared and that you are available to meet the auditors audits are not designed to fail you and auditors are generally very receptive and open to questions and feedback before during and after the audit itself.

Get detailed answers as to what exactly the auditor Coming to assess you and your program we'll be looking for so you can prepare. This will save embarrassment for you during all the time and would save the auditors time having to wait for you to provide any required documents and information on the goal. If you run into issues during audits understand that these issues are caused by any or combination of the following three factors, people policy systems, either of these three maybe a reason why your audit is not going as well as you had hoped. Listen carefully and ask questions during an audit especially if there are issues audits that do not lead to a pass required to be redone. And you will have limited amount of time to rectify any issues that were pointed out. So take action on these three factors.

Review policy, you may need to implement new ways of doing things. Address people, you may need to address some of your stuffs, actions and activities if the issue is with them, not performing as expected. Monitor systems. There are some systems that may be faulty and are in need of repair. Once you have rectified the issues and having been re audited, you have generated a pass. give credit to yourself and your staff.

It is not easy to pass audits and everyone involved should feel the accomplishment.