IT Audit vs. Traditional Audit: What’s the Difference?

While a traditional audit examines your financials, an IT audit looks under the hood of your technology environment.

It focuses on risks that don’t appear on a balance sheet — outdated firewalls, weak access controls, or overlooked vulnerabilities in your cloud infrastructure.
Where financial audits are numbers-driven, IT audits are systems-driven. Both are essential, but they operate in very different lanes.
An IT audit provides a comprehensive assessment of your organization’s technology systems, infrastructure, and processes. Its goal is to evaluate internal controls, identify weaknesses, and ensure IT operations are secure, efficient, and compliant with industry standards.