Internal audits can often leave an organization wondering where to start and where to end. Large internal environments can be quite intimidating at first. That is not to say, however, that internal audits have to be overly complex or crippling to the budget. The main goal of an internal audit should not be to simply find vulnerabilities, but to find the sources of vulnerabilities and take actions to stop them. This usually means internal auditors will spend a good deal of time reviewing internal security policies and auditing how well they are enforced. Here are some good audit tasks to include:
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