Audit Methodology
What is Audit Methodology?
The systematic approach and procedures used by auditors to plan, execute, and report on audits, ensuring consistency and thoroughness.
Terms that appear alongside audit methodology
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as audit methodology. The number is how many controls name both.
- remediation 3 shared controls
- audit 3 shared controls
- soc 2 2 shared controls
- compliance 2 shared controls
- sampling 2 shared controls
- transparency 2 shared controls
- certification 2 shared controls
- non compliance 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern audit methodology
What the standards actually require on audit methodology
Requirements naming audit methodology across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.
GLOBALG.A.P. IFA v6 certification + audit + compliance architecture. CERTIFICATION BODIES (CBs): ~140 accredited CBs operating in 130+ countries; CBs must hold ISO/IEC 17065 product certification accreditation + meet GLOBALG.A.P.
GGAP-Certification-CB-Auditing-MajorMinorMust · GLOBALG.A.P. IFA v6 Certification Bodies, Audit Lifecycle and Compliance Categories →Section 8 of KOSA mandates annual independent audits of covered platforms by qualified third-party auditors. (1) Section 8(a) Annual Independent Audit: (a) Covered platform must commission annual third-party audit;
KOSA-Independent-Audit-Section8-Annual-Third-Party-FTC-Approved-Auditor-Compliance-Verification-Public-Summary · KOSA Independent Audit + Section 8 + Annual + Third-Party + FTC-Approved Auditor + Compliance Verification + Public Summary + Multi-Layer Audit + Risk Assessment Verification + Safeguard Effectiveness + Algorithmic System Audit →Implement IT Audit + Third-Party Risk Management per MAS TRM Chapters 14 + 15 + MAS Notice 658 on Outsourcing. Chapter 14 IT Audit - IT audit charter approved by Board Audit Committee + IT audit plan risk-based + IT audit methodology + IT auditor competency (C...
MAS-TRM-Third-Party-IT-Audit-Chapters-14-15-Outsourcing-Notice-658-Concentration-Risk-Exit-Strategy · MAS TRM Third Party + IT Audit + Chapters 14-15 + Outsourcing + Notice 658 + Concentration Risk + Exit Strategy →Questions people ask about audit methodology
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