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System Migration is the process of moving an enterprise's IT systems (e.g., ERP, CRM) from a legacy environment to a new one including infrastructure, applications, and data. It is typically required when facing system replacement, infrastructure changes, or application modernization.
The System Migration Governance Consulting Service provides end-to-end project management consulting for system migration, covering planning, risk assessment, design and implementation of system migration controls. The service enables the enterprise to:
- Mitigate critical migration risks including business interruption, data loss, unauthorized access, and configuration errors.
- Achieve audit readiness with strong IT governance and internal controls.
- Improve migration efficiency through disciplined project management.
Services Offered:
Pre-Migration Risks & Controls Assessments
- Identify risks such as data loss, unauthorized access, segregation of duties conflicts and business interruption.
- Map key business processes (e.g., revenue, finance, payroll) and their existing controls from legacy system to target system.
- Identify process and control gaps due to changed workflows or different functions between legacy and target systems and recommend remediation controls.
Access & Security Management
- Oversee timely deprovisioning of legacy access and provisioning of appropriate access in the target system.
- Review user roles and permissions to avoid segregation of duties conflicts in the target system.
- Review privileged access controls to evaluate whether permission allocation is effectively managed and ensure that the operations of privileged users are auditable.
Change & Documentation Management
- Update process and control documentation (flowcharts, risk matrices, narratives).
- Train control owners on new system responsibilities.
- Design monitoring mechanisms to ensure emergency/break-glass processes have proper oversight and post-event review.
Data Migration Integrity Validation
- Verify that key business logic (e.g., transaction workflows, calculation logic) remains functionally correct within the target system.
- Design reconciliation controls and review the reconciliation results to ensure completeness, accuracy, and consistency of migrated data.
Testing & UAT Support
- Help define test scenarios that include control and compliance test.
- Review test results to ensure controls operate as designed.
- Document any deviations and required remediations.
Regulatory Compliance & Audit Readiness
- Align migration activities with regulatory requirements (SOX, GDPR, etc.).
- Maintain an audit trail of changes, approvals, and exceptions.
- Assist with internal or external audit requests regarding migration.
Post-Migration Validation
- Verify that controls are operating effectively in production.
- Support any post-go-live remediation of control issues.
For additional information about how we can help you, please contact George Qin.