Why Is Your IT Audit Taking So Long?

Tech-heavy regulatory audits are nobody’s definition of a good time. But they happen, and taking the time to prepare for them is time well-spent. It’s certainly not advisable to have your IT department spend inordinate amounts of time and effort just to get ready on the off chance that an auditor should show up, but a few relatively easy exercises and policies can save you worlds of headache later on.

here’s no shame in admitting that audits are hard. For those of us in IT, hearing the word “audit” probably brings up a groundswell of negative connotations and the corresponding aggravation and headache: We know from having lived through it that tech-heavy regulatory audits — annual PCI assessments, HIPAA audits, ISO, etc. — cut directly into our staff’s ability to get their already-busy jobs done.

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