Question 230
During a regulatory readiness review at a municipal government, the IS auditor learns that significant vendor exposure is excluded from quarterly enterprise risk reporting. The affected operation supports citizen service accounts and public records. Public accountability and essential service access are affected. During fieldwork, what is the BEST focused test of this condition?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Correct. Trace technology risk scenarios through impact assessment, owner assignment, controls, acceptance authority and board reporting. The procedure directly tests the reported condition that significant vendor exposure is excluded from quarterly enterprise risk reporting. A defensible IS audit conclusion requires relevant and reliable evidence from the actual control population and period.
Incorrect Answers
Not the most direct fieldwork procedure for these facts. It protects a different risk than the evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion requirement.
Not the most direct fieldwork procedure for these facts. It does not retain the evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion control over time.
Not the most direct fieldwork procedure for these facts. That protection can exist while evidence appropriate to the audit conclusion is still missing.