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Independent IT audit covering IT general controls, access controls, change management and IT operations, with structured evidence testing, findings and tracked remediation.
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Internal Audit
An internal audit function that finds real issues and closes them.
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The business problem
Why organizations bring this to us
Internal audit is a requirement in every management system standard and a genuine control in its own right - but it is frequently performed by someone auditing their own work, against a checklist, producing findings that are closed by assertion.
That fails twice: it produces audit findings at certification, and it deprives the organization of the one mechanism designed to detect its own control failures. FaizZab delivers internal audit with real independence, evidence-based testing and corrective action verified to closure.
Who this is for
- Organizations required to operate internal audit under ISO 27001, 42001, 27701 or 22301.
- Companies without sufficient independence internally to audit their own management system.
- Businesses whose internal audits have never produced a substantive finding.
- Organizations needing to demonstrate auditor competence and independence to a certification body.
Service scope
Engagement scope
Delivered either as an outsourced internal audit or as programme design with capability transfer to your team.
Audit programme
Define the audit universe and a risk-based multi-period programme ensuring appropriate coverage of the management system and its controls.
Planning
Produce audit plans with objectives, criteria, scope, sampling approach and logistics agreed before fieldwork.
Fieldwork
Conduct interviews, walkthroughs and testing that examine how processes actually operate rather than how they are documented.
Evidence
Record evidence in working papers that support each conclusion and would withstand review by a certification body.
Findings
Classify findings consistently as nonconformity, observation or opportunity, with cause and consequence stated.
CAPA
Drive corrective action to root cause, track it to closure, and verify effectiveness rather than accepting a status update.
Reporting
Report to management and to management review with trends, systemic issues and open action status.
Methodology
The FaizZab approach
Build the programme
Define the audit universe and risk-based coverage plan.
Plan each audit
Agree objectives, criteria and sampling before fieldwork.
Execute fieldwork
Test operation against evidence with documented working papers.
Report and agree actions
Issue classified findings and agree corrective actions with owners.
Verify closure
Retest to confirm corrective action was effective.
What you receive
Key deliverables
- Audit universe and risk-based audit programme
- Individual audit plans with objectives and criteria
- Working papers evidencing testing performed
- Audit reports with classified findings
- Corrective action register with root cause and owners
- Closure verification and effectiveness confirmation
- Management review input pack
Outcome
Internal audit that a certification body will respect and the business will use.
Commercial value
Why this service matters
Independence is testable
Certification bodies examine auditor independence and competence. An internal audit performed by the process owner is a finding waiting to happen.
Finds issues early
A genuine internal audit surfaces control failures while they are still cheap to fix.
Feeds improvement
Verified corrective action is what makes continual improvement more than a clause in a policy.
Questions
Common questions
Can you audit a management system you helped implement?
Independence must be preserved. Where FaizZab has implemented a management system, internal audit is delivered by separate personnel with no involvement in the implementation, or by another party, and the arrangement is documented.
Do you train our team to run internal audits?
Yes. Programme design with capability transfer is a common delivery model, where we run the first cycle and your team takes over subsequent ones.
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