Auditing refers to evaluation of a person, organization, system, process, project or product. Audits identify loop hole in an information security system and ensures validity and reliability of information through assessment of current organizational structure with industry designed standards.

Auditing tools are automated tools especially designed to identify vulnerabilities in an information system which could be exploit to gain access to privilege information. These tools perform faster and are more reliable than manual procedures. Reduced human intervention reduces chances of errors and increase reliability of information.

Auditing tools helps in comparative and competency analyses of information derived from audits. Auditing tools conduct audit against policies defined by standards and international organizations. These tools integrate with other security measures of an organization to strengthen an organizational security.

Auditing tools conduct scan on the entire network to identify weak security areas. They provide assistance in prioritizing mediating efforts because risk are categorized as high, medium or low according to their severity of impact.