auditor

Definition

The party which acts as an independent professional trained in evaluating technology-based evidence provided from governed parties asserting that they are in compliance with audit criteria set forth by audit Accreditors. An auditor issues a report attesting its opinion over a governed party's compliance assertion which enables a governing party to issue compliance credentials to the governed party and may place it on a credential registry and add their entry to the trust registry.

Note

• An auditor may act as a representative from a licensed and/or recognized audit firm of professional auditors.

See Also

• governing authority
• governance framework
• audit accreditor