He recently placed a candidate he met 10 years ago at an association meeting into an information-technology-audit position at a large East Coast health-care company.

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You typically see the AICPA consulting standards cited when an audit firm performs technology consulting engagements that blow-up.

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Companies in the volatile construction business and those on the leading edge of technology might also face higher audit fees or no audits at all, says another big-four partner.

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For example, there are 189 ISO standards for information security, our National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST) has produced a full set of world-class materials on information security, and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association ( ISACA) has developed its best practices, the Control Objectives for Information Technology ( CobiT).

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