The Computer Consulting Kit Home Study Course offers many templates and tips that can help you automate your business and give your clients the best services.

You can use the following checklist to help you with IT audits and find the best solutions for your prospects, customers and clients.  

1.     Physical Security:  Ensure with IT audits that the right physical controls are in place in order to get technology security up to par and prevent unauthorized access.  

2.    Logical Security:  This helps make sure that the right software security controls are in place to prevent viruses and unauthorized access.   

3.    IT Audits and Logistical and Environmental Controls:  You need to make sure systems, networking and communications equipment are kept in places that will protect them from the environment – from dust, extreme temperatures, etc.

4.    Configuration Management:  This step ensures that systems are installed and configured according to the right standards and requirements.  

5.    IT Audits and Systems Administration Procedures:  You need to make sure security and systems administrative procedures are assigned to the right staff members and also clearly understood.  

6.    Hardware and Inventory:  You need to create management procedures to make sure all hardware is inventoried and the warranty and maintenance records are kept.  

7.    Software Licensing:  Make sure to note whether all software is in compliance with licensing agreements.  

8.    Data Backup and Disaster Recovery Processes:  You want to make sure data backups are being made and tested on a regular basis and that they are enough to protect a company in case of a systems failure, data loss or any other disaster.

9.    IT Audits and Documentation:  This step helps ensure systems, procedures and policies are updated and documented regularly and that reports are made.  

10.    Performance and Capacity Planning:  Make sure to note whether all systems are performing according to standards.  Think about uptime, systems availability, bandwidth, data storage and archiving older files.  

11.    Change Management:  You want to make sure you document all major systems changes and test them before implementing them and that you have the right back-up plans.  
 
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