23 Mar 2025

AI tools that can be used by an IT Auditor

1. AI-Powered Audit & Compliance Platforms

These platforms help automate ITGC and ITAC audits by streamlining risk assessments, compliance tracking, and audit workflows.

AuditBoard – A cloud-based platform for managing ITGC audits, SOX compliance, and risk management.
Galvanize (HighBond by Diligent) – Uses AI-driven analytics to assess IT risks and automate control testing.
TeamMate+ Audit – A digital audit management system with AI-enhanced risk scoring.
Onspring Audit Software – Automates audit workflows, policy compliance, and ITGC control assessments.

2. AI for Data Analytics & Continuous Monitoring

These tools help auditors analyze large datasets, detect anomalies, and continuously monitor IT controls.

ACL Robotics (by Galvanize) – AI-powered analytics for fraud detection and automated IT control testing.
CaseWare IDEA – Helps in data-driven audits by identifying patterns and outliers in financial transactions.
SAP Audit Management – Designed for SAP environments, it automates ITGC testing and generates real-time compliance reports.
Alteryx – AI-driven data preparation and analytics tool for auditing large IT and financial datasets.

3. AI for Access & Security Control Reviews

These tools automate user access reviews, role-based access control (RBAC) validation, and identity governance.

SailPoint IdentityNow – Uses AI to detect unusual access patterns and automate identity governance.
Okta Identity Governance – AI-powered access management tool for ITGC compliance.
IBM Guardium – Monitors and protects sensitive data access with AI-driven risk detection.

4. AI for Risk & Compliance Management

These AI-powered GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) tools help organizations track regulatory compliance, ITGC risks, and control weaknesses.

RSA Archer – Provides AI-driven risk assessments and automated compliance tracking.
ServiceNow Risk & Compliance – Uses AI to streamline ITGC and ITAC audits through automated risk assessments.
OneTrust GRC – AI-powered tool that helps organizations manage IT governance and compliance.

5. AI for IT Change Management & SOX Compliance

These tools help in monitoring IT changes, detecting unauthorized modifications, and ensuring compliance with SOX requirements.

Splunk – Uses AI-driven log analysis to detect unauthorized system changes.
LogicGate Risk Cloud – Automates SOX compliance reporting and ITGC control monitoring.
ControlPanelGRC – Specialized in SAP compliance, it automates ITGC/SOX audits and tracks system changes.

6. AI for Process Mining & Automated Controls Testing

These tools use AI-powered process mining to identify IT control failures and automate compliance testing.

Celonis – AI-driven process mining tool that visualizes IT control gaps and inefficiencies.
UiPath – Uses robotic process automation (RPA) to automate ITGC and ITAC testing.
Automation Anywhere – RPA-powered tool for automating IT control testing and continuous monitoring.

How These AI Tools Help in ITGC & ITAC Audits

✅ ITGC (IT General Controls) Audits: These AI tools help automate user access reviews, change management, and security control testing.
✅ ITAC (IT Application Controls) Audits: AI can validate application controls, detect data anomalies, and test workflow integrity.
✅ SOX Compliance: AI-powered platforms can continuously monitor ITGC and ITAC controls, reducing audit fatigue.

ITGC audits typically assess controls related to access management, change management, backup & recovery, and IT operations.

1️⃣ Access Management & Identity Governance

AI can help automate user access reviews, detect unauthorized access, and assess Segregation of Duties (SoD) violations.

✅ SailPoint IdentityNow – Automates identity governance and detects unauthorized access.
✅ Okta Identity Governance – AI-powered access reviews for ITGC compliance.
✅ IBM Guardium – Detects and prevents unauthorized database access.

2️⃣ Change Management & Configuration Control

AI tools can detect unauthorized system changes and configuration drift across IT systems.

✅ Splunk – Uses AI-driven log analysis to detect unauthorized system changes.
✅ LogicGate Risk Cloud – Tracks IT changes for SOX compliance.
✅ ControlPanelGRC – Best for SAP compliance audits, automating ITGC/SOX audit logs.

3️⃣ IT Operations & Backup Monitoring

AI-driven monitoring can detect operational failures, assess backup integrity, and analyze system uptime.

✅ ServiceNow Risk & Compliance – Automates IT risk tracking and incident management.
✅ OneTrust GRC – Tracks compliance risks and control failures.

IT Application Controls (ITAC) audits focus on validating automated business process controls within ERP systems like SAP, Oracle, and Workday.

1️⃣ AI-Powered Data Analytics & Continuous Monitoring

AI helps analyze large datasets to detect control failures and anomalies.

✅ CaseWare IDEA – Identifies anomalies in financial transactions for fraud detection.
✅ ACL Robotics (by Galvanize) – AI-powered fraud detection and ITAC testing.
✅ Alteryx – Automates data validation and analytics for ITAC audits.