CHECKLIST

Ask the right questions. Choose a quality audit partner.

Quality means more than a stamp of approval on your audit, it means demonstrating trust to your customers and establishing a culture of security across your organization.

Every organization has differing definitions of quality – from the content and depth of a final report to the caliber of the audit team.

This checklist will help you differentiate between auditors that look good on paper and those that will help your organization build and advance a high-caliber compliance program.

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What’s inside

Choosing a partner to lead your high-quality compliance program is a critical choice. Our checklist will break down the risks of a low-quality audit and empower you to ask valuable questions when evaluating a potential audit partner. These questions dig into:

  • Experience so your team can gauge the trustworthiness and success of a potential auditor
  • Expertise to understand the makeup of the team, relevant experience with other companies, and more
  • Breadth of services to evaluate an auditor’s ability to grow with your organization’s needs
  • Report content so you can distinguish between a high- and low-quality final report
  • Tech enablement to learn how an auditor uses technology during the audit process
  • Audit process to assess expectations and standard procedures for a potential partner