Audit

Partner Audits by the Analytical Department

Partner audits conducted by the analytical department are essential to ensuring efficiency and compliance with standards when dealing with external organizations. This process evaluates partners’ adherence to established standards of security, confidentiality, and quality of work.

Audit Criteria Development

The Analytics Department develops clear audit criteria to guide the evaluation of partner performance. These criteria include:

• Security Standards: Measures for data leakage prevention, encryption, authentication, and overall data protection.
• Privacy Policies: Anonymization processes, data pseudonymization, access restriction measures, and response to security incidents.
• Data Quality Requirements: Ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and reliability of the data processed by partners.

Partner Selection for Audit

Partners are selected for audit based on:

• Importance to the Company: How critical the partner is to the company’s operations.
• Volume of Data Processed: The amount of data handled by the partner.
• Criticality of Impact: The potential impact on strategic business processes, especially for partners with access to sensitive information.

Systematic Review by Auditors

Auditors from the analytics department conduct a thorough review of partners, assessing various aspects according to the established criteria:

• Data Processing Processes: Evaluating the methods and procedures used by partners to handle data.
• Level of Security: Verifying the effectiveness of security measures and protocols.
• Compliance with Privacy Legislation: Ensuring that partners adhere to relevant privacy laws and regulations.

Security Standards Verification

The audit aims to verify that partners comply with the established security standards. This includes:

• Data Protection Measures: Analyzing the strategies for preventing data leaks, including encryption and authentication practices.
• Incident Response Preparedness: Assessing how well partners are prepared for and respond to security incidents.

Privacy Policy Compliance

Verifying partners’ compliance with privacy policies involves:

• Anonymization and Pseudonymization: Assessing the effectiveness of processes to anonymize and pseudonymize data.
• Access Restrictions: Ensuring that access to sensitive data is appropriately restricted and controlled.
• Incident Response: Evaluating the partner’s preparedness and response measures for potential security breaches.

By conducting these comprehensive audits, the analytical department ensures that partners maintain high standards of security, privacy, and data quality, thus safeguarding the company’s interests and supporting its strategic objectives.