You Bought It, Now Audit

Paul Hoshall, principal of Hoshall Associates, an IT-audit training firm in Fairfax, Virginia, says the number of available tools has grown in part because in many cases, auditors have had to do more work with fewer people on staff, and more and more audit information resides exclusively within the computer. "We're also dealing with a significantly changing [IT] environment," including bigger and more-complex infrastructures, says Hoshall. "A lot of things occur inside the box, and we need to reach inside the computers and networks to find out what's going on." But fully automated audits are unlikely, because the final step in any audit is the exercise of human judgment as to what to do next. —B.V.

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