BCM Audit Glossary

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BCM Institute Glossary in Wiki (Version 1.0) or BCMpedia provides Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Professional with definitions that help to reduce confusion, thus promoting a common understanding and interpretation when implementing the BCM planning process. The glossary for audit terminology is an extension to the current body of knowledge to focus on the auditing of the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery processes. The words defined below all have appeared on Business Continuity Certified Auditor (BCCA) and Business Continuity Certified Lead Auditor (BCCLA) examination questions, so they are worth knowing if you are studying for the auditing examination. Readers should also be aware that some of the terms are used for BCM Certification audit purpose and it is similar to the ISO 19011:2002 Guidelines for Quality and/or Environmental management system auditing.

BCM Audit Glossary

A Audit First Party Audit Second Party Audit Third Party Audit Assurance Attestation Attribute Audit Approach Audit Authority Audit Charter Audit Committee Audit Conclusion Audit Criteria Audit Discussion Audit Evidence Audit Fieldwork Audit Framework Audit Methodology Audit Objective Audit Plan Audit Planning Audit Procedures Audit Process Audit Program Audit Report Audit Reporting Audit Recommendation Audit Responsibility Audit Review Audit Sampling Audit Schedule Audit Scope Audit Team Audit Testing Auditee Auditor

B BCM Certification BCM Manual Business Continuity Plan (BC Plan) Benchmark Best Practice Business Continuity Certified Auditor (BCCA) Business Continuity Certified Lead Auditor (BCCLA) Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) C Checklist CL 6: Intermediate (BCM Audit) CL 7: Advanced (BCM Audit) Client Compliance Compliance Audit Conformity Continual Improvement Control Control Objective Corporate Governance Corrective Action E Effectiveness Efficiency Examining Exit Meeting External Auditors F Findings Follow-up Audit Follow-up Report Follow-up Review G General Controls Guidelines I Internal Audit Internal Auditors L Lead Auditor

M Materiality Management System N Non-conformity O Objective Evidence Observation P Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle Population Pre-Audit Meeting Product Audit Process Process Audit Professional Competence Q Quality Assurance R Record Regulations Requirement Reviewer S Self-assessment Significant Audit Findings Shall Should Standardized Audit Program Standards Surveillance Audit System Audit T Technical Expert W Working Papers

References

Business Continuity Management Institute (BCM Institute) BCCP, BCCS, BCCE, DRCS, DRCE .