ICT governance assurance
Check whether technology plans, responsibilities, risk oversight and spending support the organisation’s goals.
Technology review & data analysis
Turn complex systems into clear findings.
SIFTCON reviews ICT oversight, systems and controls. We use audit methods and data analysis to find important exceptions and help leaders provide better oversight.
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ICTAudit & Data Analysis
Download a short guide to our ICT audit, data analysis, work process, results and enquiry options.
The objective
An audit should explain how controls affect performance and risk.
Technology audits can become simple checklists if they do not follow risk through oversight, systems, data and daily work.
We connect control design, evidence and data exceptions. Leaders see what is missing, why it matters and what should change.
Core capabilities
Combine system reviews with deeper data analysis.
Engagements can address a focused control area, a critical application or a broader technology-governance environment.
General controls review
Evaluate access, change, operations, backup, recovery and other foundational controls supporting reliable technology services.
Systems & application controls
Examine automated and manual controls across critical applications, workflows, configurations and interfaces.
Access & security review
Test user lifecycle, privilege, segregation, authentication and monitoring controls against defined responsibilities and risk.
Data-led audit testing
Review large data sets to find exceptions, duplicates, unusual links and patterns that need follow-up.
Reporting & fixes
Turn evidence into clear findings, impact, named owners and practical actions that leaders can track.
Audit coverage
Follow technology risk across its operating environment.
Coverage is selected according to the assurance mandate and material dependencies, avoiding unnecessary testing that does not inform the decision at hand.
Governance & oversight
Decision rights, policies, risk ownership, reporting and alignment between technology and business priorities.
Change & development
Authorisation, testing, deployment, emergency change and controls across system or application delivery.
Identity & administration
Provisioning, privileged access, segregation, recertification and administrative accountability.
Operations & resilience
Processing, monitoring, backup, recovery, incident handling, capacity and service continuity.
Data & interfaces
Completeness, accuracy, reconciliation, transformation and control across critical information flows.
Third parties & cloud
Supplier oversight, contractual controls, shared responsibility, service evidence and concentration risk.
Assurance method
Keep every conclusion connected to evidence.
A structured method helps stakeholders understand the criteria, work performed, exceptions identified and basis for each finding.
Plan
Agree on the review goal, main risks, systems, rules, evidence and reporting needs.
Test
Review documents, interview people, walk through processes, test samples and analyse data.
Analyse
Confirm exceptions, find the causes and explain the risk and control impact.
Report
Present supported findings, agreed actions and clear owners.
Clear reliance
SIFTCON can support management, internal audit, governance bodies or appointed assurance providers. Any formal audit opinion, certification or third-party reliance requirement is defined explicitly within the engagement mandate.
Target outcomes
Give leaders evidence they can use.
A good review makes risk visible, exceptions traceable and fixes practical for technical and non-technical teams.
Better oversight
Leaders get a clear view of technology risk, responsibility and control performance.
Traceable findings
Each finding connects the rule, evidence, exception and impact so it can be checked.
Focused exceptions
Data testing points to unusual activity and controls that may not be working.
Practical fixes
Actions are realistic, ranked and linked to owners and results that can be checked.
Who this service is for
Stakeholders who need technology assurance they can explain and act on.
The review is aligned to the governance forum, assurance role and operational owners who must understand and respond to the findings.
Boards, audit & risk committees
Leaders who need a clear view of technology risk, control performance and who owns each fix.
Internal audit & assurance providers
Teams needing specialist ICT and data-analysis capability within an established assurance programme.
Technology leaders & system owners
Responsible stakeholders seeking evidence on controls, resilience, access, change and critical information flows.
Data-rich or regulated organisations
Organisations that need wide data testing, traceable exceptions and reliable reporting.
Strengthen technology assurance
Start with the risk, system or decision requiring confidence.
We can plan a practical review, agree on the evidence and set a clear path from findings to improvement.
Discuss an audit requirement