Resumen

MARTINEZ DIAZ, María del Carmen  y  ARMENTEROS VERA, Ileana. Origin and classification of the information audit. ACIMED [online]. 2006, vol.14, n.5. ISSN 1024-9435.

Some of the main causes of the establishment of information audit as a practice in information management in the organizations are identified. It is explained how the development of the studies of the user's needs, as well as the extension of the function of the internal audit, were decisive factors in the appearance, development and positioning of the practices of information audit in the organization.

Palabras clave : Information audit; management audit..