{"id":7067302,"date":"2026-09-26T08:59:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T08:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/accounting\/kirkpatrickprice-behind-the-firewall-ft-mark-dube\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T08:59:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T08:59:50","slug":"kirkpatrickprice-behind-the-firewall-ft-mark-dube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7067302","title":{"rendered":"| KirkpatrickPrice Behind the Firewall ft. Mark Dube"},"content":{"rendered":"


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by Morgan Prost \/ August 12th, 2026 <\/p>\n

Inactivity is the silent killer of any audit. <\/h3>\n

Wayne Clement, an Information Security Auditor, has a name for the client behavior that quietly derails audits:\u00a0the silent killer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Inactivity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It shows up in familiar forms like pushback on in-person meetings, evidence requests that sit untouched for days, or a \u201cwe\u2019ll get to it\u201d that never receives attention. By the time anyone notices, the timeline is already slipping.<\/p>\n

Wayne\u2019s answer is relentless preparation long before the audit team ever walks in the door.<\/p>\n

During every in-person Client Visit Week, he runs structured prep sessions well ahead of time:<\/p>\n