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Audit & Assurance

360° IT Audit

End-to-end audit across IT operations, security, risk and compliance.

360° IT Audit — auditor reviewing a control matrix and evidence files, MAST Consulting Group

Overview

A comprehensive review of the entire IT function — governance, infrastructure, applications, cloud, security, third parties, change, operations and DR — mapped to COBIT, ITIL, ISO 20000 and ISO 27001.

In depth

A four-layer view of this service.

Context, scope, delivery and impact — written for buyers, boards, auditors and search engines alike.

Layer 01 — Context

Context & Why It Matters

01

A 360° IT audit is the diagnostic of choice for new CIOs, audit committees, post-merger integration teams, private equity investors and regulators of critical-sector entities.

  • Where a security audit looks at controls, a 360° audit examines the entire IT function — governance, organisation, processes, applications, infrastructure, cloud, security, third parties, operations and DR — and produces a maturity-rated, board-ready view of IT risk.
Layer 02 — Scope

Scope & What It Covers

02

Coverage maps to COBIT 2019, ITIL 4, ISO/IEC 20000-1, ISO 22301, ISO 27001 and PMI standards.

  • Domains audited: IT governance and strategy, enterprise architecture, application portfolio, infrastructure and network, public and private cloud, cybersecurity, identity and access, data management, vendor and third-party management, project and change management, IT operations and service desk, business continuity and DR, IT financial management and IT HR/skills.
Layer 03 — Approach

Our Approach & Delivery

03

Mixed team of IT auditors (CISA), service-management specialists (ITIL Master), cloud architects (AWS/Azure/GCP), security practitioners and a delivery lead.

  • Planning agrees scope and risk-based depth per domain; execution combines interviews, documented evidence and observed walkthroughs; synthesis identifies cross-domain themes and root causes; reporting includes a domain-by-domain maturity heatmap, audit committee narrative and prioritised investment roadmap.
Layer 04 — Impact

Business Impact & Outcomes

04

A single defensible view of IT risk across the organisation, with a maturity score per domain and a 12–24 month investment roadmap.

  • Audit committees gain assurance, CIOs gain a baseline to lead from, and boards gain confidence to approve technology spend.
  • Typical engagement: 6–12 weeks, ~30 stakeholder interviews, ~150 evidence items reviewed.
At a glance

Process flow, compliance checklist and benefits.

A visual breakdown of how the engagement runs, what evidence we leave behind, and the business outcomes you can defend at the board.

Process flow

How we deliver 360° IT Audit.

  1. 01
    Planning

    Risk-based scope across all IT domains.

  2. 02
    Execution

    Domain-by-domain fieldwork and control testing.

  3. 03
    Synthesis

    Cross-domain risk themes and root-cause analysis.

  4. 04
    Reporting

    Audit committee report with remediation plan.

Compliance checklist

What auditors and regulators expect to see.

Every item below is part of an audit-ready 360° IT Audit programme — what regulators, certification bodies and enterprise buyers expect to see.

  • Scope and applicability statement

    Confirmed boundaries for 360° IT Audit across entities, locations and systems.

  • Gap assessment report

    Current-state diagnostic with prioritised, owner-tagged findings.

  • Policy and procedure suite

    Approved by top management, version-controlled and communicated to staff.

  • Risk register and treatment plan

    Threats, controls, residual risk and accepted exceptions documented.

  • Awareness and role-based training

    Attendance, content and assessment evidence retained.

  • Evidence repository

    Central, auditor-accessible, timestamped artefacts per control.

  • Internal audit and management review

    Independent assurance run before any external assessment.

  • Continuous improvement log

    Findings, corrective actions and re-test evidence tracked to closure.

Benefits

What you walk away with.

Single view of IT risk across the organisation
Maturity score per IT domain
Heat-mapped findings for the audit committee
Prioritised investment roadmap
FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Who typically requests a 360° IT audit?+

Audit committees, new CIOs, post-merger integration teams and regulators of financial and critical-sector entities.

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