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Readiness Assessment
The best preparation for an audit, certification or assurance engagement
An audit or certification doesn't have to be a stressful or time-consuming exercise. A Readiness Assessment gives you advance insight into your organisation's strengths as well as the areas that still need attention. That way you know exactly where you stand and avoid surprises during a formal audit or assurance engagement.
AudIT-Sure carries out independent Readiness Assessments and evaluates the extent to which your organisation meets the requirements of relevant standards, laws and regulations or assurance frameworks. You receive a clear picture of the current situation, an overview of any gaps and a practical improvement plan so you can get to work in a targeted way.
When is a Readiness Assessment useful?
A Readiness Assessment is suitable for organisations that want to prepare well for an audit, certification or assurance engagement. Examples include:
Assurance
- ✓ISAE 3402
- ✓ISAE 3000
- ✓SOC 1
- ✓SOC 2
Certifications
- ✓ISO 27001
- ✓ISO 9001
- ✓ISO 22301
- ✓ISO 42001 (AI Management Systems)
- ✓NEN 7510
- ✓BIO
- ✓ENSIA
Laws and regulations
- ✓Cyber Security Act (Cbw/NIS2)
- ✓DORA
- ✓AI Act
- ✓GDPR
Client and supplier requests
- ✓Vendor Due Diligence
- ✓Security Questionnaires
- ✓Third Party Assurance
- ✓Client-specific security assessments
By gaining insight into the areas for improvement in advance, you can take targeted action and be better prepared for the final assessment.
What do we assess?
A Readiness Assessment provides insight into the maturity of your organisation in the areas of IT, information security and risk management. Depending on the scope, we assess, among other things, governance, risk management, information security, IT processes, technical security measures, logging and monitoring, access management, cloud security, supplier management, business continuity, incident management and security awareness.
This creates a complete picture of the current situation and the improvements needed to meet the stated requirements.
What does a Readiness Assessment deliver?
Afterwards, you receive a clear management report including:
- ✓A gap analysis
- ✓A maturity assessment
- ✓A risk matrix
- ✓An overview of the key priorities
- ✓A practical improvement plan
- ✓A roadmap towards an audit, certification or assurance engagement
Our report helps you make the right choices and implement improvements step by step.
Why choose AudIT-Sure?
Our Register EDP Auditors (RE) have extensive experience with assurance engagements, certifications and IT audits. As a result, we know exactly what auditors, certification bodies and clients pay attention to.
We look not only at whether your organisation meets the requirements, but above all at how you can make your processes smarter, safer and easier to control. Practical, independent and without unnecessary administrative burden. This way, you approach an audit, certification or assurance engagement well prepared and with confidence.