ITGC Audit (IT General Controls)
Protect what matters with ITGC Audit
IT General Controls are the foundation your financial and application controls rest on — access management, change management, IT operations and backup, and system development. When ITGCs are weak, auditors cannot rely on the systems that produce your financial statements, and every downstream control is called into question. Aesparrow performs independent ITGC assessments that give your auditors, your board and your customers confidence in your control environment.
We assess the design and operating effectiveness of your ITGCs across the domains that matter for SOX, SOC, and internal-audit purposes: logical access and segregation of duties, change and release management, job scheduling and monitoring, and backup and recovery. Findings are risk-rated and mapped to frameworks such as COBIT and the CIS Controls, with clear remediation your IT and finance teams can act on.
- Certified senior practitioners
- Audit-ready reporting
- Free re-test included
ITGC Audit — done right, the first time.
Senior practitioners. Verified findings. Free re-test.
Overview
An ITGC audit evaluates the general controls over your IT environment that underpin application and financial reporting controls. We review design and operating effectiveness across the core ITGC domains and provide evidence-based findings that support your financial, SOC or internal audits.
ITGC domains we assess
- Access to programs & data — authentication, authorisation, segregation of duties
- Program change management — controlled, tested, approved changes
- Program development — secure, governed system development
- IT operations — job scheduling, monitoring, incident and backup
- Backup & recovery — resilience and restorability of key systems
Why choose Aesparrow for ITGC
- 1
Design & operating effectiveness
We test not just that controls exist, but that they work.
- 2
Framework-aligned
Mapped to COBIT and CIS Controls for auditor confidence.
- 3
Finance-and-IT literate
We bridge the gap between IT controls and audit needs.
- 4
Actionable remediation
Clear, prioritised fixes your teams can implement.
Whether you are supporting a financial audit, a SOC engagement, or maturing internal controls, a robust ITGC assessment removes doubt about your systems. Talk to us about scoping an ITGC review.
Why ITGC Audit matters
Independent research on the cost and causes of breaches — the risks this service helps you reduce.
US$4.44M
global average cost of a data breach in 2025.
241 days
mean time to identify and contain a breach in 2025.
20%
of breaches began with exploitation of a vulnerability, up 34% in a year.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between ITGC and application controls?
Do you support SOX and SOC engagements?
Who is this for?
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