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Headline News

“Information Commissioner introduces £500,000 fines for data breaches”

“Council offices in a Leicestershire town have been gutted in a major fire.”

“Cybercriminals have gained access to millions of credit card transaction details, a US electronic payments processing company has revealed.”

 “West Berkshire Council found in breach of the Data Protection Act for second time in six months following USB stick loss”

Current Themes:

• GSi Code of Connection, version 3.2 and 4.1.
• PCI Data Security Standards.
• IT Disaster Recovery and Service Continuity Management.

While a financial audit's purpose is to evaluate whether an organisation is adhering to standard accounting practices, the purposes of an IT audit are to evaluate the system's internal control design and effectiveness. This includes but is not limited to efficiency and security protocols, development processes, and IT governance or oversight. The goal is to evaluate the organisation's ability to protect its information assets and properly dispense information to authorised parties. The IT audit's agenda may be summarised by the following questions:

• Will the organisation's computer systems be available for the business at all times when required? (Availability)
• Will the information in the systems be disclosed only to authorised users? (Confidentiality)
• Will the information provided by the system always be accurate, reliable, and timely? (Integrity)