Overview

IT audit and security delivered by an audit firm — controls-first, evidence-based and practical.

IT audit & assurance

  • IT General Controls (ITGC): access, change management, backup
  • Application controls for financial and programme systems
  • IT audit components of statutory and internal audits
  • Fraud analytics and data-driven anomaly testing

Security assessment & implementation

  • Cybersecurity posture and vulnerability review
  • Penetration-testing coordination and remediation
  • Endpoint, firewall, email security and MFA
  • Encryption and network segmentation

Governance, risk & compliance

  • Security policy suites: acceptable use, password, BYOD, remote work
  • Data protection aligned to GDPR principles and donor requirements
  • IT governance frameworks for boards and executives

The outcome for you

Controls that satisfy auditors and protect your data.

Who it is for

  • Banks, MFIs and FinTech
  • Government and state corporations
  • Donor-funded programmes

How we deliver it

Every ABL–IT engagement runs the same six-phase route. It is deliberately unglamorous: it is the discipline that stops systems from being abandoned six months after go-live.

01

Discovery & assessment

Stakeholder interviews, current-state analysis and constraint mapping across power, bandwidth, skills and budget.

02

Design & planning

Architecture, vendor-neutral selection, roadmap, risk register, budget and timeline.

03

Build & configure

Development or configuration, data cleansing and migration, integration and internal testing.

04

Test & validate

User acceptance testing, parallel running, security testing and formal sign-off.

05

Train & handover

Role-based and administrator training, full documentation, SOPs and formal handover.

06

Support & optimise

Warranty, SLA-based support, scheduled health checks and continuous improvement.

Work with ABL

Build systems your team will own.

Tell us what you need to run, report or secure. We respond with a vendor-neutral recommendation, a clear scope and an honest timeline.