Auditing the IT environment : assessing and measuring risk and control / Andrew Chambers and Graham Rand.
By: Chambers, Andrew.
Contributor(s): Rand, Graham.
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BookSeries: Financial Times/Pitman Publishing series.Publisher: London : Pitman, 1994Description: xi, 324 p. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0273037692.Subject(s): Auditing -- Data processing
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Aims to offer a comprehensive and detailed exposition of the strategic use of IT in business and how the IT resource may be effectively controlled and made secure. It introduces a technique, devised by Chambers to measure levels of risk and control and includes a glossary to terms.
Bibliography: (pages 306-307) and index.
Part I: Introduction -- Auditing the IT environment -- IT audit needs assessment -- Using control matrices to highlight risks -- Part II: The strategic direction -- IT strategic planning -- IT organisation -- Contingency planning -- Databases -- Electronic data interchange -- System development -- Facilities management and bureaux -- Personal computers and workstations -- Local area networks -- Electronic office -- Expert systems -- Part III: The operational framework -- IT sites -- IT accounting -- System access control -- Back-up and media handling -- Processing operations -- Systems/Operating software -- Software maintenance -- Software package selection -- User support -- BACS -- Viruses -- Spreadsheet design -- Data protection Act.