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Seven Tips For New IT Auditors
Seven Tips For New IT Auditors
5. Be humble. Your ability to grow and the speed in which you advance as
an IT audit/assurance professional is dependent on your ability to
consider and integrate constructive feedback provided by others. In my
experience, it can be incredibly difficult and psychologically challenging
for human beings to accept criticism because it may be subconsciously
perceived as a social or personal attack, even when it isn’t. While all
feedback is not useful and constructive, it’s key to identify, accept and
improve on your strengths and weaknesses when communicated to you
in feedback from others. A general positive attitude, open mind and a
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belief that people are attempting to help you get better will serve you well
in the long run of your career.
7. Do not assess risk in a vacuum. You should consider involving, if not
outright integrating business area management and stakeholders into
your risk assessment process for each engagement. Some organizations
perform an organization-wide risk assessment to scope their annual
engagement plan, and this is where stakeholder involvement can end in
identifying risk. Considering what the business areas perceive as risky
provides at least two immediate benefits to you and the success of your
engagement. It will serve to validate whether your assessment of risk
was aligned with the client, and the client also can see the value you are
providing in addressing concerns regarding relevant risks. Clients should
not be allowed to influence final direction of the engagement, but their
inputs are invaluable to delivering a final quality work product.
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