Who Sets The Audit Standards? Part 1 of 3

A. Introduction — Audit Standards and “Professionalism”
The conversational noise levels have been building slowly to the point where it is now hard to ignore the hubbub on the subject of public policy, standards, regulation, and professionalism. The latest development for me culminated in an audit standards panel session in which I participated at the RSA Conference. Surprisingly it was very well attended, with standing room only.
Why is the whole question of audit standards and the associated theme of professionalism blossoming?
The panel was chaired by Mary Ann Davidson, the CSO from Oracle, who asked us all the question: “Audit Standards:- Why, What, Who, When and How?”, which was an appropriately broad approach to an apparently “small” subject. Unsurprisingly we quickly extended the discussion to incorporate the whole question of professionalism and the “fabric of trust” that IT security implies…

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