The global business environment forces significant investments in technology. By placing such reliance on technology, human error and individuals with malicious intent could have a significant adverse impact on your business. Organizations that fail to identify these internal and external information risks and take appropriate action are placing the company’s investments in jeopardy.
Drawing upon broad industry and system experience, Crowe Horwath LLP offers the following services to assist you:
- Information technology (IT) internal audit. IT internal audit is a resource solution to assist you with strategic and tactical execution. A strong IT internal audit function helps prevent corruption and improve operational efficiency. Our professionals are specially trained to help meet your specific internal audit needs with certifications and experience in evaluating technology layer components.
- IT general controls. Our IT general controls assessment evaluates the core body of system controls that impacts all your application systems and related information. Our multi-industry and broad technical expertise enables us to effectively and efficiently conduct a general controls review in almost any environment. We strive to look beyond regulatory compliance to deliver greater value to your organization.
- IT governance. As an integral part of an enterprise risk management (ERM) program, IT governance ensures alignment between the organization’s strategies and its information technology. Crowe’s thought leadership can help customize a solution in order to implement an IT governance program within your organization. If you already have an established program, Crowe can evaluate its progress and effectiveness.
- Enterprise resource planning (ERP) system integrity. Evaluate business and technical risks in ERP applications before they become problems. Crowe’s experienced professionals can help organizations avoid costly processing errors and reap the greatest value through in-depth reviews of ERP processes, data, operations, and security.
For more information about assessing information risk, please contact Vicky Ludema at vicky.ludema@crowehorwath.com or 800.599.2304.