Information Technology Auditing (3rd Edition)

Description

Understand how audits take place in the real world with INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AUDITING, 3e, International Edition! With coverage of traditional auditing as well as auditing of information systems, this accounting text provides you with the background you need to succeed in the real world. Up-to-date coverage of auditor responsibilities and legislation, fraud techniques and detection, and expanded end-of-chapter questions, problems and cases are just a few of the tools that will prepare you for success in your future career.

Table of Contents

1. Auditing, Assurance, and Internal Control.
2. IT Governance.
3. System Security I–Networks and Operating Systems.
4. System Security II–Data Management.
5. Systems Development and Program Change Procedures.
6. Overview of Transaction Processing and financial Reporting Systems.
7. Computer-Assisted Audit Tools and Techniques.
8. CAATTs for Data Extraction and Analysis.
9. Application Controls and Substantive Testing I–The Revenue Cycle.
10. Application Controls and Substantive Testing II–The Expenditure Cycle.
11. Enterprise Resource Planning Systems.
12. Ethics, Fraud Schemes and Fraud Detection.
13. Glossary
14. Index

Author Biography

James A. Hall is a Professor of Accounting, co-director of the Computer Science and Business program, and the Peter E. Bennett Chair in Business and Economics at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. After his discharge from the U.S. Army, he entered the University of Tulsa in 1970 and received a B.S.B.A. in 1974 and an M.B.A. in 1976. He earned his Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University in 1979. Dr. Hall has worked in the field of systems analysis and computer auditing and has served as consultant in these areas to numerous organizations. Dr. Hall has published articles in the Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance, Journal of MIS, Communications of the ACM, Journal Of Management Systems, Management Accounting, Journal Of Computer Information Systems, The Journal Of Accounting Education, The Review Of Accounting Information Systems, and other professional journals