Company Profile

Compass Group Consultants, LP is an independent provider of IT audit and information security services, and has considerable proficiency and experience in the areas of information technology, IT audit, risk assessment, information security, and strategic planning. We strive to provide value-added services by understanding your organization's strategic direction and management philosophy, and by working in tandem with information systems groups and business units. Through these processes we also maintain appropriate organizational and functional independence. This effort leads to the the following cornerstones of the Compass Group Consultants philosophy:

Organizational Fit - Internal Audit and Information Security do not exist in a vacuum. Our deep experience helps us understand the relationships between critical business functions and information technology. We know that you have to audit through the system as well as around the system. We also know that people ultimately are the business and good business process can break down under pressure from poor practice. We have the technical skills, hands-on IT experience and management know-how needed to build solid rapport with business units and technical staff while maintaining Internal Audit independence.

Business Impact - We strive to understand the business impact of IT audit comments and consulting recommendations. We recognize that the IT internal control environment is integral to the Bank's business processes. We also know that it's not feasible to fully implement every known control. There may be compensating or downstream controls. Where preventive controls are not available or feasible, detective controls may suffice. A small organization may not have the resources or the staff to separate functions as completely as most large companies can. In some cases, management may choose to assume risk rather than implement mitigation strategies. We acknowledge this control and security versus productivity push-pull and attempt to make recommendations that appropriately consider implementation cost and feasibility.

Communications - In any relationship, strong communications are a critical success factor. Breakdowns in communications create some of the most difficult problems experienced between consulting companies and clients. Requirements and expectations need to be clearly communicated in order to accurately hit project targets. Project progress and scheduling needs to be clearly communicated in order to accurately hit budgets. Compass Group Consultants focuses on relationship-based communications and fosters peer-to-peer interaction to build rapport and provide multiple communications links between Compass Group and our clients.

Service - Many of these issues may be generally acceptable in business relationships, but overall engagement success will be seriously impaired if there are problems with end product delivery. Board audit committee meeting and examination deadlines simply have to be met. Compass Group recognizes and appropriately emphasizes customer service through timely product delivery. That is not to say we will sacrifice quality in view of a pressing deadline or that we will hit every target date. That's where the communications part comes into play.