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Audit

Meaning in cybersecurity, with examples

/ˈɔːdɪt/nounCore term

In cybersecurity, audit means: A formal, independent review that checks whether an organisation's security controls and processes meet a standard, a law or its own policies.

In Turkish: denetim, denetleme

How it is used

Also a verb: auditors audit a company. Audits can be internal or external and end with audit findings and requests for evidence. An 'audit log' or 'audit trail' is a record of who did what and when.

Example sentences

  1. The ISO 27001 audit is next month, so please upload your evidence by Friday.

  2. The external audit found no major issues with access control.

Common collocations

  • internal audit
  • external audit
  • audit finding
  • audit trail
  • pass an audit
  • complianceThe state of following the laws, regulations, standards and internal policies that apply to an organisation, and being able to prove it.
  • security controlAny safeguard, whether technical, administrative or physical, that reduces a security risk, such as a firewall, a policy, a training course or a locked door.
  • security policyA formal document, approved by management, that sets the rules an organisation follows to protect its information, systems and people.
  • logA file or record in which a system, application or device automatically writes down events, such as logins, errors and network connections, with the time they happened.

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