How to Find a Security Auditing Firm

It's important to know where to get security auditing. There are many firms that offer audits, though you have to look at how extensively they audit your organization and the IT infrastructure. You always want to hire a third party firm as opposed to letting someone handle it internally. If you allow an IT manager to conduct the audit, you may not be learning about all of the holes as it will be a reflection on their shortcomings.

Create a List

You need to create a list of areas that you want the security auditing to encompass. If you have a network, a cloud, an intranet or anything else within your company, you need the audit to explore these. If you have a security policy in place, you need to make sure all employees are following it.

Don't make assumptions. If you make an assumption regarding IT security, you could end up the next victim of a data breach. This doesn't have to happen. A security audit can help, but the firm conducting the audit needs to know where to look for the issues.

Make Comparisons

Comparisons will need to be made when you hire a firm for security auditing. To make accurate comparisons, you will need to obtain the same information about each company that you look at. It's a good idea to get as much information as possible, so you will want to look at:

Pricing
Services
Guarantees
Time to audit
Once you obtain all of these details on the firms that you have chosen to compare, it will be a lot easier to determine which firm you should go with. Any company should be willing to share details with you at no cost. Many details may even be located on the company website, which means you don't have to take the time to make calls.

Security auditing is nothing to be taken lightly. It's okay if it takes a few days to find the right firm because you are relying on the firm to find a lot about your IT security protocol and methods. You may or may not have the right people, protocol and standards in place - and you need a firm that can point these things out to you.

Check Reviews

Prior to hiring a firm, you want to read about their reviews online. Find out what past clients have to say about the firm's ability to conduct a security audit. They will either have positive or negative things to say. When you take the time to read about reviews, you can find out whether your money is going to be well spent or not.

Hiring a firm that will help with security auditing is a necessary step for your business. Even after results come back positive, you will want to hire the firm again and again to ensure that your business continues to promote strong IT security - and that's why you need to hire the best company possible.

Secure Vantage Technology's Audit Manager 2010 for SCOM 2007 or Audit Manager 2012 for SCOM 2012 can help to reduce the time and resources you spend in the IT security auditing process.






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