Assurance

The bedrock upon which enterprise decision-making is built

Without assurance, enterprises cannot feel certain that the information upon which they base their mission-critical decisions is reliable, confidential, secure and available when needed.

ISACA has long served the information systems audit and assurance community, since its inception in 1969. Through education, research, publications and the leading global IS audit certification (Certified Information Systems Auditor, CISA), ISACA has become

Top 10 Compliance Forums on the Web

Hopefully you are able to find answers to any of your IT compliance-related questions through the source of information as follows (link:http://www.itcinstitute.com/display.aspx?id=3384):

Change Control Audits — A Must for Critical System Functionality

This article was originally published at IIA IT Audit Magazine (Vol. 10, March 10, 2007)
Reviews of an organization's change control environment will help internal auditors detect critical system failures and risks before they occur.
Francis Kaitano, CISSP, MCSD, MCAD.Net
Senior Consultant, Enterprise Risk Services Deloitte New Zealand

 

Data Analytics

1. Do you know which analytical tool is the most popular audit analytics solution the world-wide?   See the attached The 2006 Internal Auditor Software Survey Results for details. 

2. The latest version of ACL (V9.1) released in Jan 2008 is able to import PDF file; however, based on my experience, only fixed length PDF file is able to import to ACL properly.   Most of time, PDF files cannot be imported properly (i.e., in alignment).

2008 Security Top Technology Trends

According to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA’s) Top Technology Initiatives survey, the top 10 technology initiatives in 2008 are:

1.       Information security management

2.       Information technology (IT) governance

3.       Business continuity management and disaster recovery

4.       Privacy management

5.       Business process improvement, workflow, and process exception alerts

6.       Identity and access management

2008 Security Top Technology Trends

According to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA’s) Top Technology Initiatives survey, the top 10 technology initiatives in 2008 are:

Some Security Guides

1. Windows Server 2008 Security Guide (Published: February 27, 2008)

Some popular certifications for IT audit and IT security professionals

The following are some IT audit, IT Governance, Project Management and IT security related certifications you might be interested in.

Please note this list is not intended to be comprehensive and it is just for your reference only.

3 ISACA certified qualifications are included in this list too.

CISA/CISM Study Groups in Wellington

Study groups for the December CISA and CISM exams are underway. To register for a study group for the December exams please send an e-mail message to Lesa McKenzie (lesamckenzie@kpmg.co.nz, 021 678009) for CISA or Bernard O'Brien (bernard@cisassure.com) for CISM.

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