How to made an IT Audit
04 Nov 2009
Its main feature that the licence on ON cannot be “touched, tested for durability, hence, it is impossible to approach to audit ON from traditional positions of calculation of tables and personal computers.
And in it the main complexity.
For the first time the mention of techniques of management of actives ON (software asset management) has appeared in one of early versions ITIL in the late eighties. In Russia actively in these questions began be engaged more recently. It was promoted first of all by control strengthening from outside the states. Before very few people could punish for use counterfeit ON. Moreover, there was no such quantity of foreign investors which this question too strongly interests. Not last role is played by the mentality of people generated under the influence of first two factors.
If in case of audit IT its condition not so influences eventually penalties, image loss and so forth with audit ON all it is more difficult because ON it is necessary to supervise constantly. Check on conformity of the licence is a condition actual ON and quantity of licences really bought on it on a concrete cut of time. “If for the company it is important to study, the risk of penalties from checks, say, the same UBEPa about licence is how much great ON this problem can be executed, having got rid of one software products and having bought others. But in a month all will begin anew, and in two months will come UBEP and will find counterfeit ON”, – Golev tells.
“Having come to one of the organisations, we have asked: you use what software? – Golev recollects. – the IT Director has given out us the list from 150 names of programs. As a result of audit by means of tool means it was revealed 3,5 thousand names ON. It is quite explainable – in company scales not always it is possible to receive an adequate picture of a state of affairs.