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Audit Management

What is Audit Management?

The administration and coordination of audit activities including planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and tracking of findings and remediation.

Audit and Assurance

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as audit management. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on audit management

Requirements naming audit management across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

CMMC 2.01 control

Restrict the ability to manage audit logging functionality to a limited subset of privileged users, separate from general administrators.

AU.L2-3.3.9 · Audit Management

Run a defined audit management process covering planning, risk analysis, control assessment, conclusions, remediation timetables, report production, and re-examination of earlier reports and their supporting evidence.

CCM-A&A-05 · Audit Management Process

Clause 9 addresses performance evaluation + monitoring + measurement + analysis + evaluation + internal audit + management review. Conceptual coverage: 9.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation (general + customer satisfaction + analysis);

IATF16949-Clause9-Performance-Monitoring-InternalAudit-ManagementReview · IATF 16949 Clause 9 - Performance Evaluation + Monitoring + Internal Audit + Manufacturing Process Audit + Management Review

Conduct internal audits per ISO 19011 covering all QMS processes annually. Hold management reviews at planned intervals (minimum annually) per ISO 9001 Section 9.3 with mandatory AQAP 2110 inputs (NATO contract performance + GQAR observations + nonconformity t...

AQAP2110-8 · Internal Audit, Management Review, Corrective Action, CofC, and Continual Improvement

Section 820.10 establishes the substantive QMS requirements by incorporating ISO 13485:2016 SECTIONS 4 THROUGH 8 in full. Manufacturers must implement: ISO 13485:2016 SECTION 4 General QMS requirements + documentation (Quality Manual + Medical Device File + co...

QMSR-820.10 · Requirements for a Quality Management System - ISO 13485:2016 Sections 4-8 incorporation (§820.10)

ISO 22000:2018 FSMS Clauses 4-10 implementation (substantive content per the underlying ISO 22000 standard - copyrighted; this control references the structure + the FSSC 22000 scheme requirement that ISO 22000 Cl. 4-10 be implemented).

FSSC-ISO22000-FSMS-Clauses4to10 · ISO 22000:2018 FSMS Clauses 4-10 Implementation (Leadership, Planning, Support, Operation, Evaluation, Improvement)

Questions people ask about audit management

What is Audit Management?
The administration and coordination of audit activities including planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and tracking of findings and remediation.
Why is Audit Management important for compliance?
Audit Management is a key concept in Audit and Assurance. Understanding audit management helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Audit Management?
Audit Management appears in the requirement text of CMMC 2.0, Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4.0.1, IATF 16949:2016 - Quality Management System for Automotive Production, NATO AQAP 2110 - Quality Assurance Requirements for Design, Development, and Production, FDA Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR). Across these standards we have identified 6 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Audit Management?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how audit management applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.