Question

Which key trait of a successful IT Auditor you feel is the most critical to information security work, explain?

Which selling point for recruiting IT professionals into IT Audit most appeals to your career goals, why?

Answer 1

An information technology auditor is responsible for the internal controls and risks within a company's technology system. He actively monitors the system to ensure it follows policies and best practices. ... An IT auditor can also help in designing and executing internal audit strategies.

An IT Auditor can be an internal or external auditor..

The key trait of a successful IT Auditor which is the most critical to information security work is that

The IT Auditor need to have skill to understand vulnerablities in

-Hardware and Software

-Use of appropriate software to do thier jobs

-General use of software such as-:

a.word processing software

b.spread sheet software and

c.Data base management system

-Generalised audit software

-Must have sound knowledge of computer assisted audit techniques

-And the most important trait that IT Auditor need to have is to keep confedentiality of data of its client.

IT auditor should not disclose that data unless it is required by Law or client has given its consent.

Part2 of question-

.The selling point for recruiting IT professionals into IT Audit which most appeals to my career goals are -

1.The best thing about the job was that it fuelled my Curious George personality and appreciated that I constantly asked “Why”, “Where”, “What if”.

2.You rake in tons of frequent flyer miles and hotel loyalty points, which you can use for your own vacations, but you feel like a tourist in your own home.

3.You get treated like royalty by some clients .

4.The organizations are pretty friendly where you have easy access to directors, partners and managers.

5.You work for a good brand and there is a little bit of pride attached to the name.

6.You need to update your knowledge on frequent basis,so due to this learning never ends with this profession.