β Scribed by Gordon Smith
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
t the beginning of each year, I try to summarize the newest audit issues that my company, Canaudit Inc., identified during the previous year's worth of audits. The biggest single issue uncovered for 2005 was the requirement to notify clients in California if their personal information has been disclosed to unauthorized individuals or groups. Your state may have a similar requirement-now or in the future. These public disclosures are very embarrassing to an organization that has reportable security incidents. So, in this article, I have listed the top ten questions that a CEO should ask the internal auditor-and the CIO-to determine if the processing environment is properly protected. At the end of these ten questions is one final question that should be asked. The answer to this last question may startle the CEO.
I believe that our primary objective in 2006 should be the protection of corporate information assets. Clearly, this is where the next battle will be fought.
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