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Audit Plan

What is Audit Plan?

A document that describes the activities and arrangements for an audit, including scope, objectives, timing, and resource requirements. Audit plans ensure systematic and efficient audit execution.

Audit

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

What the standards actually require on audit plan

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

Internal audit, which in addition to Appendix A should ensure the framework complies with the Guidelines and suits the bank's size, complexity and risk profile, should establish and adhere to an audit plan, periodically reviewed and updated, that reflects the...

occ-heightened-standards-12-cfr-part-30-appendix-d::II.C.3.(b) · II.C.3.(b) Internal audit: Risk-based audit plan →

Beyond ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 9.2.3, the ISMS audit plan takes account of the controls the client has determined; it identifies the network-aided or remote techniques to be used (such as teleconference, web meeting, interactive web-based communication and remot...

iso-iec-27006-1-2024::9.2.3 · Audit plan →

The certification body prepares an audit plan for each AIMS audit under ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, 9.2.3, covering the objectives, criteria, scope, sites, dates, activities and team roles, and identifying the AI systems, life cycle processes and Annex A controls to...

iso-iec-42006-2025::9.2.3 · Audit plan →

IT Audit Plan. The third line of defence, IT audit, should provide the audit committee of the board (or equivalent) with independent assurance over the cyber risk programme through a risk-based IT audit plan (para 23).

BMA-7 · Information Technology Audit Plan →
ISO 19011:20269 controls

The report should go out within the period agreed. If it is late, the auditee and the programme manager should be told why. The report should carry a date and be reviewed and, where appropriate, accepted as the programme lays down.

iso-19011-2026::6.5.2 · Distributing the audit report →
ISO 19011:20184 controls

Guidance: those managing the programme should ensure evaluation of whether schedules are met and objectives achieved, of the performance of team members including leaders and technical experts, of the teams' ability to implement audit plans, of feedback from c...

iso-19011-2018::5.6 · Monitoring audit programme →

Questions people ask about audit plan

What is Audit Plan?
A document that describes the activities and arrangements for an audit, including scope, objectives, timing, and resource requirements. Audit plans ensure systematic and efficient audit execution.
Why is Audit Plan important for compliance?
Audit Plan is a key concept in Audit. Understanding audit plan helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Audit Plan?
Audit Plan appears in the requirement text of OCC Heightened Standards (12 CFR Part 30, Appendix D), ISO/IEC 27006-1:2024, ISO/IEC 42006:2025, Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) Cyber Risk Management Code of Conduct, ISO 19011:2026. Across these standards we have identified 21 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Audit Plan?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how audit plan 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 1,016 frameworks.

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