Get a clear view of the technology risks that matter to your organization. AuditPartners performs scoped cybersecurity and IT risk assessments, cloud and third-party reviews, and targeted internal audits of the controls supporting your systems and operations.
Focused technology reviews
Start with a material risk, a system change or a control question. We agree systems, criteria, evidence, sampling and exclusions before work begins. A focused engagement can cover one area or combine related areas below.
Fictional example
This illustrative outline is not a customer result or proof of tested controls. It shows how a risk statement becomes a testable question rather than a checked box.
A customer-support platform could remain accessible through a departed administrator's account. Record the affected service, business impact and accountable owner.
The owner expects access to be removed on departure and privileged accounts to be reviewed. Define the trigger, timing and evidence before testing.
Review identity configuration and the offboarding workflow. A written procedure alone does not show that access is removed.
For an agreed period, select departure records and compare notification times with account-disable records. Inspect a sample of privileged-access reviews.
If the workflow exists but timestamps are unavailable, report an evidence limitation. If a tested account remained active beyond the agreed requirement, document the exception and its risk.
Discuss changes to ownership, evidence retention and review procedures. Management decides the response; a follow-up test is a separate agreed activity.
We select reference criteria with you and explain how scoped findings map to relevant outcomes or controls. A mapping is not equivalence between frameworks and does not establish compliance with requirements outside the review.
Use the six functions to organize technology risk and expected outcomes:
Selected security and privacy controls can provide detailed reference criteria. The applicable controls and assessment procedures are agreed for the system and risk; we do not imply that every control is reviewed.
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 sourceRelevant management-system requirements and Annex A control themes can inform an agreed review. A scoped technology assessment is not a certification audit or a conclusion on the entire information security management system.
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 overviewFindings distinguish design, implementation, operating effectiveness and evidence that is missing or unknown. A configured control and a written procedure are not interchangeable with evidence of operation over time.
Systems, period, risk questions, procedures and exclusions captured in the scope memo.
Evidence requested and reviewed, sample coverage, procedures performed and unavailable records.
The observed condition, supporting evidence, risk, classification and limitations of the conclusion.
Prioritized actions, ownership questions and a discussion of exceptions and next decisions.
AuditPartners delivers the engagement. RiskAssist™ may support preparation and analysis; human professionals review evidence, resolve exceptions and own final conclusions.
Security and technology leaders need a focused view before a migration, after an incident or when a critical dependency changes. Internal audit teams may need a targeted review of access, change or recovery. Management may need clearer evidence behind a risk register entry.
Smaller teams and larger organizations are welcome. We match scope and testing to risk and available evidence, with no employee-count minimum.
See how we review evidence and test controlsEducational guides written by AuditPartners; not advice for a specific organisation.
Discuss the systems, dependencies and control evidence that matter to your next decision.