Information Technology Consulting
IT Internal Audit Services
Organisations rely on efficient, effective and reliable information systems to meet their strategic goals to deliver services. While IT presents considerable opportunities, it also brings significant risks that need to be identified, actively controlled and strategically managed.
WalterTurnbull’s IT Internal Audit Service explores and assesses IT-related risks and their business consequences, delivers assurance to management, and provides answers to questions like:
- Are my existing information systems reliable?
- How can I improve current systems with my limited resources?
- Are my current IT projects under control?
- Are our IT processes consistent with better practice?
- Does my IT help me achieve my business objectives?
- Do my systems comply with privacy requirements?
- Do we have the right IT platforms to meet our future needs?
- Are my IT systems unnecessarily exposed to fraud?
- What are the IT-related risks that I face?
- How can I better manage the IT risks?
IT Process Review
Modern organisations expect a lot from their IT teams. WalterTurnbull’s IT Process Review Service assesses the efficiency of your IT team, and helps ensure the team is fulfilling your requirements. We consider topics such as:
- Governance
- Planning and organisation
- Strategy and architecture
- Value and effectiveness
- Acquisition and implementation
- Vendor and contract management
- Service delivery and support
- Security and user access
- Policies and procedures
- Disaster recovery.
IT Project Review
IT projects have a reputation for being overdue, over-budget and producing disappointments. WalterTurnbull’s IT project Review Service assesses your current IT projects, and helps you plan appropriate interventions to ensure project success. We consider topics such as:
- Project governance
- Project management
- Time management
- Cost management
- Scope management
- People management
- Communications management
- Procurement, contract and vendor management
- Proposed control design
- Proposed systems administration arrangements
- Quality assurance
- Testing
- Data migration
- Change management
- Benefit realisation
Our work can take the form of:
- Project health check
- Quality assurance review
- Pre-implementation review
- Post-implementation review.
IT System Review
Organisations rely on efficient, effective and reliable information systems to meet their strategic goals and to deliver services. WalterTurnbull’s IT System Review Service assesses your existing systems, and provides answers to questions like:
- Are my existing information systems reliable?
- Is the data in my systems complete, accurate and up to date?
- Are the transactions going through my systems authorised?
- How can I improve current systems with my limited resources?
- Who can access my systems? Who can access my data?
- Do my systems comply with privacy requirements?
- Are my IT systems unnecessarily exposed to fraud?
- Are my systems available when I need them?
- Are changes to my systems well controlled?
- Is my system administration working well?
- Do the people using the systems receive the support they need?