Audit Control Security of IT Environment



As organizations computerize their operations, the environments in which the Auditors are working and the expectations of management over control issues of Electronic Transactions are posing challenges to the works of the Auditors. Computerization has changed the conventional control system by changing the nature, timing and location of audit evidence. Management therefore depends more than ever on Auditors for a reasonable assurance that the organizations assets are adequately protected.

To be effective in today'ss world of computer-run organizations, Auditors, Accountants & Control Professionals must learn how to conduct audit in a computerized environment. It has been observed with genuine concern that majority of the Auditors especially in the developing countries do not possess the needed expertise to perform audit in an IT Environment.

In effect, Ultimate Systems Solutions has just released an Electronic Audit e-book for Auditors. The e-book will among other things teach the traditional Auditors, the basics of IT Audit, the security sensitivity of IT Environments and the step-by-step approach of conducting audit in an IT Environment. A free e-book is also provided alongside the just released e-book to enable Auditors learn how to perform electronic audit using CAAT (Computer 's8211; Aided Audit Technique) Software. The name of the website is www.itauditebook.com

Equipping Auditors with the right kind of tools and techniques in today's8217;s information and knowledge age cannot be overemphasized because computerization or Information Technology has brought alongside its great opportunities the ability to use the same technology to perform fraud at unimaginable tendencies.





Audit Control Security of IT Environment