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IT audit area planning mastery reflects professional experience and training. Regarding subject mastery, this booklet contains detail plan preparation, documentation, and presentation material that enables value delivery from IT audit activities and tasks which can be translated, if... read more

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The expanded third edition of Information Systems Auditing: The IS Audit Planning Process is part of an electronic booklets series providing comprehensive IT audit planning, study, evaluation, testing, and reporting methods. In terms of content, this monograph converts selected audit... read more

The expanded third edition of Information Systems Auditing: The IS Audit Planning Process is part of an electronic booklets series providing comprehensive IT audit planning, study, evaluation, testing, and reporting methods. In terms of content, this monograph converts selected audit standards into practical applications using detailed examples. It also allows auditors to understand various processes required to adequately initiate, document, and compile the IT audit planning phase. Moreover, the reader will acquire an appreciation for IT financial statement, government, and external auditing.

Characters edit see section history

  • Auditors: The individuals performing an examination of an auditable unit.
  • Auditees/Clients: The personnel and related business practices being examined by the auditor.
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  • “To be effective, the IT auditor must achieve two overarching professional mandates: assessment and assistance.”

Organizations edit see section history

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA): "The AICPA's mission is to provide members with the resources, information and leadership that enable them to provide valuable services in the highest professional manner to benefit the public, employers and clients."
  • Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSTC or COSO): "COSO’s mission is to provide thought leadership through the development of comprehensive frameworks and guidance on enterprise risk management, internal control and fraud deterrence designed to improve organizational performance and governance and to reduce the extent of fraud in organizations."
  • Council of Europe (COE): "The primary aim of the Council of Europe is to create a common democratic and legal area throughout the whole of the continent, ensuring respect for its fundamental values: human rights, democracy and the rule of law."
  • Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA): "As a nonprofit, global membership association for IT and information systems professionals, ISACA is committed to providing its diverse constituency of more than 95,000 worldwide with the tools they need to achieve individual and organizational success."
  • International Federation of Accountants (IFAC): "Guided by our values of integrity, transparency, and expertise, our mission is to serve the public interest by continuing to strengthen the worldwide accountancy profession and contribute to the development of strong international economies by establishing and promoting adherence to high-quality professional standards, furthering the international convergence of such standards, and speaking out on public interest issues where the profession's expertise is most relevant."
  • Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): "Our mission is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world."
  • Organization of American States (OAS): "The OAS was established to achieve among its member states, as stated in Article 1 of its Charter, "an order of peace and justice, to promote their solidarity, to strengthen their collaboration, and to defend their sovereignty, their territorial integrity, and their independence.""
  • The Institute of Internal Auditors (The IIA): "The mission of The Institute of Internal Auditors is to provide dynamic leadership for the global profession of internal auditing."
  • U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO): "Our Mission is to support the Congress in meeting its constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and ensure the accountability of the federal government for the benefit of the American people."

First Sentence edit see section history

Planning an IT audit can be compared to preparing for a dinner party (Figure 1.1).

Table of Contents edit see section history

Introduction

1.0 Auditors

2.0 Audit Plan

3.0 Opening Conference

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 13 in Information Systems Auditing. (standard series)

Followed by The IS Audit Study and Evaluation of Controls Process.

This is book 1 of 33 in "Non-Fiction". (community list)

Followed by The IS Audit Study and Evaluation of Controls Process.

This book is in Amazon's Bestsellers in Professional Test Guides. (edition-based publisher list)
This is book 1 of 13 in IS Auditing. (community list)

Followed by The IS Audit Study and Evaluation of Controls Process.

This book is in Amazon's Bestsellers in Business Auditing Accounting. (edition-based publisher list)
This book is in Bestsellers in Computers & Technology. (edition-based publisher list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Robert E. Davis (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Boson Software, Inc.
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 22

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

  • CISA - CISM Examination Preparation: This community is for those preparing for two of the bi-annual exams administered by ISACA - the CISA and CISM.
  • Information Systems Auditing Book Club: This is the place to discuss Information Systems Auditing related topics. The Information Systems Auditing monographs allow the reader to understand various steps and processes required to adequately initiate, document, and compile IT audit phases.

More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • The IS Audit Study and Evaluation of Controls Process
  • The IS Audit Testing Process
  • The IS Audit Reporting Process
  • The IS Audit Follow-up Process

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • IT Auditing: An Adaptive Process
  • IT Auditing: An Adaptive Process
  • IT Auditing: An Adaptive System

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