Establish an Effective System of Internal IT Controls to Mitigate Risks

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The only thing worse than a lack of control is the illusion of control. Your Challenge Deficiencies in controls could result in a serious breach for the company, or worse – your job. Despite these drastic consequences, improving the system of internal controls remains a low priority for many IT organizations and their leaders. Our Advice Critical Insight You don’t need to implement every control. Maximize your risk mitigation at a low cost by focusing on your organization’s greatest risks. Impact and Result This research will help you prevent or resolve the following situations: High Risk Operations: Risks that could damage the business are not being mitigated. Lack of Clarity: We don’t know what our controls are. There is no documentation and processes differ from business unit to business unit. Lack of Adherence: Effective internal controls exist, but no one follows them. Lack of Effectiveness: We have controls in place that are followed, but they seem to be ineffective or we don’t know how effective they are.

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Establish an Effective System of Internal IT Controls to Mitigate Risks
The only thing worse than a lack of control is the illusion of control.
Deficiencies in controls could result in a serious breach for the company, or worse – your job.
Despite these drastic consequences, improving the system of internal controls remains a low priority for many IT
organizations and their leaders.
You don’t need to implement every control. Maximize your risk mitigation at a low cost by focusing on your
organization’s greatest risks.
If you can’t see it, it doesn’t exist. Effective controls require proof of existence.
Internal controls are only as effective as the level of adoption; ensure that controls are communicated and enforced
to supercharge adoption.
Assess your control system from both a risk-based approach (top-down) and a business-process approach (bottom-up)
to ensure comprehensive coverage.
Dependent on the severity of the risk, the combination of types of controls will differ to ensure the level of control
matches the determined level of risk.
Design controls by consulting with the people who actually use the process and then communicate them effectively
to ensure adoption.
Risks are constantly changing. Your control system must keep up with the pace of change or it will become
ineffective.
Provide artifacts to auditors.

Establish an Effective System of Internal IT Controls to Mitigate Risks

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