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Security auditing is something that you need to consider for your business on a regular basis. The term “audit” is enough to send most of your managers into tremors. While most of your employees should have nothing to worry about, the audit is designed to ensure that there are no holes within your security system, leaving you vulnerable for attack. There is an array of benefits for security auditing. While there may be IT managers in your company that are capable of handling the audit, it’s best to hire a third party. This will ensure that all areas of the IT infrastructure are covered. You will also be able to get the real story as to what’s going on. An IT manager within your organization may sugar-coat a glitch to save their own job. One of the primary benefits is to prevent a data breach. A data breach can come from almost anywhere – malware, web applications, remote access, back doors, and much more. In the event of a security breach, you may lose financial data, customer data, or even intellectual property. This loss can cost you millions of dollars. In fact, the average cost of a malicious data breach is in the neighborhood of $5.4 million. When you suffer a data breach, you may not just lose out monetarily. You may also end up with a higher turnover rate as a result of replacing IT employees and lose reputation and brand value as word gets out that you were the victim of a data breach. By scheduling security auditing from time to time, you can learn about how strong your security system is. If there are any issues within the security of your system, you need to find out about them sooner than later. Any issues need to be addressed to prevent a data breach. Another benefit to security auditing is to learn about what your employees are doing on a regular basis. Especially if you have an internet and computer usage policy, the audit will tell you whether employees are following it or not. Are they logging onto the internet outside of the intranet? Are they sharing their passwords with others outside of the network? Are they downloading programs onto their computer that they shouldn’t be? These are questions that will be answered by the time the audit is complete. Data security is a significant concern. While many small businesses assume that they won’t be targeted, they are targeted more than anyone else – and this is simply because they make for an easier target. This means that you can’t afford to have any holes within your security. Security auditing is a necessity in any type of business. You need to look at all aspects of IT security for the peace of mind regarding your business and all of the data within your business. All it takes is one security glitch to leave your company much more vulnerable than you ever expected it to be to lose everything. Secure Vantage Technology's Audit Manager 2010 for SCOM 2007 or Audit Manager 2012 for SCOM 2012 can help to reduce the time and resources you spend in the IT security auditing process.
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