Security Officer. Security officers monitor and protect properties from illegal activities in privately-owned or public areas. Generally, security officers patrol areas, answer phone calls, monitor people, and respond to emergency situations in hospitals, power plants, and retail stores.
A compliance audit is a comprehensive review of an organization's adherence to regulatory guidelines. Independent accounting, security or IT consultants evaluate the strength and thoroughness of compliance preparations.
One of the duties of an auditor is to make sure the consistency principle is being followed because, otherwise, any change might make interpretation of the financial data a futile exercise. Also called consistency concept. See also accounting concepts. Basic accounting concept that once an accounting method is adopted, it should be followed consistently from one accounting period to the next.