Most organisations assume their IT controls are working. An independent audit tells you whether they actually are, and gives you the evidence, the findings, and the remediation path to fix what is not.
Independent audit and assurance research consistently finds that the gap between what organisations believe their controls are doing and what they are actually doing is where the most serious risks live.
The Four Phases of a Mature IT Audit Programme
These are the six most common IT audit and assurance failures that our audit engagements surface across organisations. If more than two resonate, your audit programme needs attention now.
Documented controls that have never been tested, are no longer enforced, or do not reflect how the organisation actually operates.
Regulatory requirements (King IV, POPIA, sector-specific mandates) that the organisation is not meeting, without knowing it yet.
The same audit findings appearing cycle after cycle because there is no structured remediation programme to close them properly.
Audit reports that are technically correct but written for auditors rather than executives, so they sit unread and nothing changes.
IT audits happen reactively (after an incident, a regulator request, or a board question) rather than as a proactive governance discipline.
Findings are identified but no one owns them. Without clear accountability and tracking, remediation stalls and risk accumulates quietly.
Info-Tech Research Group finds that organisations without a structured IT audit programme are 3× more likely to experience a material compliance breach, and that the average cost of a compliance breach is significantly higher than the cost of the audit programme that would have prevented it.
At Lebone Marang and Summer, we do not just identify what is wrong. We give you a clear, prioritised, accountable path to fix it, and the reporting your board and executives need to understand the risk landscape and act with confidence.
Organisations partnering with us can expect to:
We are entirely independent. We have no relationship with your technology vendors, no implementation work to protect, and no incentive to soften findings. You get an honest picture of where your IT controls stand.
Our audit methodology is grounded in Info-Tech Research Group’s IT Audit and Assurance framework, giving you access to global benchmarks, maturity models, and best practice standards at every stage of the engagement.
We write for executives, not for auditors. Every report we produce is designed to drive decisions and actions, not to sit in a filing system.
Know the Truth. Fix What Matters. Build Lasting Assurance.
These are the measurable shifts organisations experience when IT audit moves from a reactive compliance exercise to a proactive governance discipline.
There is only one way to know for certain. Let the Lebone Marang and Summer team run an independent assessment and give you an honest picture, with a clear path forward.
