Third Party Assurance
‘How safe is my data with you?’ is a question you will have to deal with very often. Transparency about the way you handle data is of great importance. Your clients desire to know which measures you have taken and according to which standards you operate. But which IT guidelines do you have to comply with?
The specialists of Forvis Mazars can advise you and provide you with audit & assurance reports. Offering safety and assurance is a rising requirement in quotation and tendering processes. The added value of security and transparency is increasingly recognised and seen as part of the IT service to be provided.
What is the IT reality?
By conducting a third party investigation, we not merely look at the procedures, but also at the IT reality: how has the system been set up, how is the system used, what risks does this entail and how are they managed? Through a report you can answer the questions and expectations of your clients. Third party memorandums provide assurance about the control of outsourced services. A third independent party provides insight into the extent to which a process or system meets predefined standards. The most famous third party memorandum in the market is the ISAE 3000 standard, from which the ISAE 3402 and SOC 2 standards are derived. This internationally accepted standard makes it possible to demonstrate to stakeholders that your internal processes and systems meet the set quality standards
Forvis Mazars can help you with
The Forvis Mazars IT Audit & Advisory team consists, in addition to qualified IT auditors, of specialists and advisors in the field of IT governance and compliance, privacy regulation, information security, cybersecurity and data analysis. Our team is compact, agile, has specialist knowledge and national and international coverage. Our knowledge and experience range from providing all kinds of digital assurance and removing cybersecurity risks to determining whether the relevant digital laws and regulations are complied with. Furthermore, we can identify problems in IT projects, perform IT due diligence and veritably digitally transform an entire (IT) organisation.
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Niels Verhagen Senior Manager IT Audit
IT maturity assessment
People, resources and processes set each other in motion, as if they were a pendulum. They need to be well attuned to each other in order to avoid undesirable collisions and, as a result, coming to a standstill. An IT maturity assessment is a method where we map the maturity of the entire IT environment (people, resources and processes).
Data Protection Impact Assessment
A data protection impact assessment (DPIA) is an instrument to identify the privacy risks of data processing in advance and then take measures to reduce these risks. A DPIA is mandatory under certain conditions.
Cybersecurity services
By digitally connecting organisations, individuals, as well as devices, mutual dependencies and vulnerabilities arise. You could speak of a digital ecosystem where the following applies: ‘The chain is only as strong as its weakest link’. Adequate management of security risks is increasingly becoming a prerequisite for being part of this digital ecosystem.
Digital Assurance
Present day organisations are confronted with a multitude of applications, whether or not in the cloud and sometimes also with applications from customers, suppliers and data services. We have noticed an increasing number of links and the use of algorithms, robotics, AI and other forms of middleware.
System Audit
The increasing flexibility and dynamism of IT provides more opportunities to respond to the needs of organisations, employees and stakeholders. A growing number of systems are accessed via the internet and cloud computing, regardless of time and location.
IT Audit Support
The increasing use of IT leads to an increase in associated IT risks. This is also reflected in the traditional financial statements audit. In many organisations, IT is the driving force of the primary process.