Information Technology Auditing | Accounting & Auditing

Introduction
1. Scope and Perspective on Information Technology Auditing
2. General Controls
3. Application Reviews
4. Examples of How General and Application Controls Interact
5. Systems Development Audits
Administrative Controls
1. Policies and Procedures
2. The IT Steering Committee
3. The Systems Development Process as an Administrative Control
4. Other Administrative Controls
Physical and Logical Security
1. Physical Security
2. Logical Access Controls: I
3. Logical Access Controls: II
Input
1. Characteristics and Types of Input
2. Batch Input
3. Online Input
4. Computer-to-Computer Input
Processing Controls
1. Introduction
2. Internally Developed Systems
3. General Considerations in Operating Controls
Output Controls
1. The Importance of Output Controls
2. Types of Reports
3. Response to Online Reports
4. Action Reports and Research Reports
An Overview of Programming Activities
1. System Definition
2. System Design
3. Controls in the Programming Process
4. Programmer Testing
5. User Testing
6. Documentation
Disaster Recovery Planning
1. Introduction to Disaster Planning
2. The Immediate Phase: Emergency Procedures
3. Interim Procedures
4. Long-Term Procedures
5. Testing
Cloud Computing
1. Introduction to Cloud Computing
2. Distribution of Functions Formerly on the from the Mainframe to Servers
3. The Configurations of the Servers and Storage
4. Servers and Their Effect on Operations and Storage
Data Storage
1. Traditional Disks
2. RAID 5
3. Physical Location
4. General exposures
Cyber Threats
1. Cyber Threats: Characteristics
2. Penetration Attacks
3. Executive Order

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