Top 5 Skills in DemandAdvanced and enabling technologies 44%Critical thinking 32%Data science 27%Agile methodology 20%Communications expertise 17%

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1. IT security and privacy/cybersecurity9. Budgets and controlling costs

2. Data management and governance

7. Cloud computing/ virtualization

8. Project management and change management

3. Emerging tech/infrastructure changes – transformation/innovation/disruption

Greater than US$5 billion

US$1 billion –US$4.99 billion

US$100 million –US$999.99 million

Less than US$100 million

5. Third-party/ vendor management

10. Bridging IT and the business

4. Resource/staffing/skills challenges

Top Risk Factor for Strategic Technology ProjectsFrequency of modifications to project goals and outcomesbased on changing business requirements

Skills and Resource Challenges AboundPercentage of organizations that are unable to address specific areas of the IT audit plan due to a lack of resources/skills

Greater than US$5 billion

US$1 billion –US$4.99 billion

US$100 million –US$999.99 million

Less than US$100 million

55%61% 55% 56% 33%26% 32% 32%

Top Technology Challenges

Today’s Toughest Challenges in IT Audit – Tech Partnerships, Talent, TransformationAssessing the International Leaders in the Annual ISACA-Protiviti Global IT Audit Benchmarking Survey

6. Regulatory compliance