IT governance & risk
Assess strategy, decision rights, risk methodology, policies and management reporting.
- Risk appetite and register
- Committees and RACI
- KPI/KRI and exceptions
IT risk · regulation · assurance
IT Risk, Regulation & Assurance
We map regulatory requirements to processes, systems, risks, controls, ownership and evidence, then assess actual operation through an auditor’s lens.
IT regulatory gapIT GRC & ITGCCyber controlsIT internal auditMock inspectionRemediation validation
From control to assurance
IT regulation is not a checklist.
A policy statement is not a control unless its process and system operation are clear. Ownership, frequency, inputs, tolerance, outputs and retained evidence should be defined; design and operating effectiveness should be tested separately.
Control universe
Technical scope from governance to application controls.
Identity & access
Test user lifecycle, privileged access, segregation and periodic recertification.
- Joiner/mover/leaver
- PAM and service accounts
- SoD and recertification
Change & secure SDLC
Review requirements, development, testing, approval, release, emergency change and code security.
- CI/CD segregation
- SAST/DAST and dependencies
- Release evidence
Operations & cyber
Assess asset, configuration, vulnerability, patching, logging, incident, backup and capacity controls.
- Audit trail integrity
- Incident response
- Vulnerability lifecycle
Application & data controls
Test input, processing, output, interface/API, reconciliation, maker-checker and data quality controls.
- Completeness and accuracy
- Interface controls
- Data lineage
Cloud, outsourcing & resilience
Map shared responsibility, cloud configuration, supplier risk, continuity and exit capability.
- Cloud control baseline
- Third-party assurance
- BC/DR testing
Assurance chain
Requirement → risk → control → evidence → testing.
We build control matrices at working-paper depth: basis, risk, control description, owner, frequency, system, evidence, test step, sample and conclusion.
- Control design assessment
- Walkthrough and system demonstration
- Operating effectiveness testing
- Finding rating and root cause
- Independent closure validation
Control domainTestResult
Privileged accessSample + logEvidenced
Emergency changeWalkthroughIn review
Backup recoveryRecovery testAction
API reconciliationReperformanceValidated
Standards and criteria
Audit criteria should reflect the institution's regulation and risk profile.
We use frameworks as control design and testing criteria, not as badges. Scope is tailored to the institution type, competent authority, service model, technology architecture and assurance need.
Decision rights, policy, roles, resources, risk, performance and management oversight.
Information security governance, control coverage, risk treatment and technical safeguards.
Service organisation controls, control design, operating effectiveness and evidence expectations.
Continuity and recovery management together with cardholder data environment requirements.
Applicable legal and supervisory requirements for data, outsourcing, technology and accountability.
Shared responsibility, configuration, application security, data controls and extended technical testing.
Types of work we can assessIT audit and risk assessmentGap / audit readinessCybersecurity maturityControl design & operating effectivenessFinding follow-up and closure validation
Cybersecurity assurance
Make the complete cyber control environment visible.
We do not assess cybersecurity through technical vulnerabilities alone. We examine the design and operation of governance, risk management, identity and access, secure software development, cloud, third-party, incident response and resilience controls, together with the evidence that supports them.
Mock regulatory inspection
Turn the audit approach into a controlled rehearsal.
Before the audit begins, we define the scope and audit universe, walk through systems with process owners, challenge design and operating evidence, and carry findings through root cause, retest and closure opinion.
- Scope, systems, processes and control map
- Owner interviews and system demonstrations
- Sampling, exceptions and evidence challenge
- Remediation design, retest and closure validation
01Policy without controlThe documented process is not supported by systems or daily operations.
02Evidence created laterThe control runs, but leaves no dated and protected audit trail.
03Symptom-based closureThe root cause remains and the same risk recurs in a different sample.
Typical deliverables
A technical working file that can be used in audit.
IT Requirement & Control MatrixBasis, risk, control, system, owner, frequency, evidence and testing.
IT Risk Register & Audit UniverseRisk taxonomy, system priorities and a risk-based audit plan.
Mock Inspection & Evidence RoomQuestion set, walkthrough, sampling, findings and readiness report.
Remediation & Closure ValidationRoot cause, action design, implementation evidence, retest and opinion.