Security audit refers to a technical and management means to find and correct security loopholes and defects in enterprise information systems and protect enterprise information systems from attacks and destruction.
Security audit includes the review of internal measures of the organization, such as internal security policy, security management system, account management, network security defense, etc. , as well as the audit of it infrastructure such as network equipment, servers, application systems and databases. , find out the safety problems, in order to timely maintenance and reinforcement.
The purpose of safety audit
First, discover potential safety hazards.
Security audit is to find hidden dangers through the inspection and testing of enterprise information systems and information assets, and provide suggestions for enterprises to improve and perfect their security defense system. Through security audit, enterprises can solve the security problems found in time and avoid the loss of data and assets.
Second, ensure information compliance.
In enterprise information systems, it is often necessary to process, store and transmit data involving sensitive information. In this context, it is particularly important to ensure the compliance of information. Security audit can evaluate whether the enterprise's information system meets the national regulations and industry standards. Compliance review can not only ensure that the enterprise does not violate the law, but also improve the credibility of the enterprise.
Third, improve safety awareness.
Security audit is a supervision mechanism for information security management within enterprises, which is not only carried out during the audit period, but also a continuous process. In the process of security audit, enterprises need to constantly strengthen security awareness, improve the level of information security prevention, and nip in the bud.
Fourth, ensure enterprise information security.
The higher the informatization level of an enterprise, the more complicated its information system and the more security risks it has. The occurrence of information security accidents will not only bring economic losses to enterprises, but even cause irreparable damage to the reputation of enterprises. Therefore, the ultimate goal of security audit is to ensure the security of enterprise information and protect the responsibility of enterprises to customers, employees and shareholders.
In short, the purpose of security audit is various, in addition, it also includes promoting the construction of enterprise information security culture and protecting enterprise core business data. Enterprises need to realize the importance of information security, strengthen information security management, actively implement security audit, and solve the security problems found in time. Only in this way can enterprises be in an invincible position in the market competition.