The audit as an activity of information assurance, gives the auditor access to confidential information of the entities, therefore, the accountant is expected to develop a professional secret favorable to all agents interested in the financial statements that he audits, without this meaning the violation or breach of own foundations established in the regulations. In this way, the investigation was proposed to understand the perspective of the auditors regarding the objective grounds that motivate the breach of confidentiality in the audit. The theoretical foundation was developed from the interpretation of accounting regulations and their doctrine framed in the principle of confidentiality in the audit. As methodological aspects, the bases of a qualitative study were considered under an interpretive paradigm, as an approach to auditors; the interview was applied, and as an instrument; the predesigned interview guide. Within the conclusions, confidentiality is a professional principle vaguely understood by some auditors, taking into account that some of these consider this professional foundation as a matter of diligence behind the applicable regulations, therefore, it is essential for auditors to recognition of its activity as an instrument to ensure the public interest, so that it should consider in its exercise the regulatory and legislative compliance that drives it to design disclosure strategies and information of the evidence in a reasonable manner, without affecting the client, third parties or your own responsibility.