INFORMATION SYSTEM AUDITING (4 CREDITS)

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, student will be able to:  Define The information system based auditing, its controls and the key activities, and IT governance (COBIT Framework); Identify Security Audit: Database, Operating System and Network; Explain The use of CAATs for data extraction, gathering accounting data, testing application controls, performing substantive tests and analyzing the data; Describe General controls, application controls, cycles associated with computer-based business processes; Demonstrate Enterprise Resource Planning System; Demonstrate Business ethics, fraud, and fraud detection.

Topics:

1. Auditing and Internal Control
2. Control Objective for Information Technology (COBIT)
3. Auditing IT Governance Controls
4. Auditing Operating Systems and Networks
5. Auditing Database Systems
6. System Development and Program Change Activities
7. Transaction Processing and Financial Reporting Systems Overview
8. Computer-Assisted Audit Tools and Techniques
9. Data Structures and CAATTs for Data Extraction
10. Auditing the Revenue Cycle
11. Auditing the Expenditure Cycle
12. Enterprise Resource Planning System
13. Business Ethics, Fraud and Fraud Detection