The Operational Auditing Handbook: Auditing Business and IT Processes

Never out of print since 1997, and substantially updated for this second edition, The Operational Auditing Handbook has earned an international reputation as a hands–on, practical manual for internal auditors and managers to enable them to carry out audits and reviews of a wide range of business activities including:
Finance and accountingSarbanes–Oxley compliancePurchasingOperations and productionMarketing and salesDistributionPersonnel and management developmentResearch and developmentInformation technologySecurityEnvironmental responsibilitySubsidiaries and remote operating units
The Operational Auditing Handbook clarifies the underlying issues, risks and objectives for a wide range of operations and activities and is a professional companion, with many checklists, for those who design self–assessment and audit programmes of business processes in all sectors.  Reflecting the strategic importance of information technology today, this second edition is considerably expanded in this area with leading edge material. Other completely new material includes clear, authoritative guidance on how to achieve effective of governance, risk management and internal control processes.


Spis treści:
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
PART I UNDERSTANDING OPERATIONAL AUDITING.
1 Approaches to operational auditing.
2 Business processes.
3 Developing operational review programmes for managerial and audit use.
4 Governance processes.
5 Risk management processes.
6 Internal control processes.
7 Review of the control environment.
8 Reviewing internal control over financial reporting – the Sarbanes–Oxley approach.
9 Business/ management techniques and their impact on control and audit.
10 Control self assessment.
11 Evaluating the internal audit activity.
PART II AUDITING KEY FUNCTIONS.
12 Auditing th e finance and accounting functions.
13 Auditing subsidiaries and remote operating units.
14 Auditing contracts and the purchasing function.
15 Auditing operations and resource management.
16 Auditing marketing and sales.
17 Auditing distribution.
18 Auditing human resources.
19 Auditing research and development.
20 Auditing security.
21 Auditing environmental responsibility.
PART III AUDITING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.
22 Auditing information technology.
23 IT Strategic Planning.
24 IT Organisation.
25 IT Policy Framework.
26 Information Asset Register∗.
27 Capacity Management
28 Information Management (IM)∗.
29 Records Management (RM)∗.
30 Knowledge Management (KM)∗.
31 IT sites and Infrastructure (including physical security).
32 Processing Operations.
33 Back–up and Media Management.
34 Removable media.
35 System and Operating Software (including patch management).
36 System Access Control (or logical security).
37 Personal Computers (including laptops and PDAs).
38 Remote Working.
39 Email.
40 Internet Usage.
41 Software Maintenance (including change management).
42 Networks.
43 Databases.
44 Data Protection.
45 Freedom of Information.
45 Data Transfer and Sharing (Standards and Protocol Guidelines).
47 Legal Responsibilities.
48 Facilities Management.
49 System Development.
50 Software Selection.
51 Contingency Planning.
52 Human Resources information security.
53 Monitoring and Logging.
54 Information Security incidents.
55 Data Retention and Disposal.
56 Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and the use of secure networks.
57 Viruses.
58 User Support.
59 BACS (i.e. automated cash/funds transfer).
60 Spreadsheet design and good practice.
61 IT Health Checks.
62 IT Accounting.
APPENDICES.
App 1: Index to SAPGs on Wiley;s website.
App 2: SAPGs – use in relatio n to business processes.
App 3: International data protection legislation.
App 4: International freedom of information legislation.
Bibliography.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Andrew Chambers is professor of internal auditing at London South Bank University and professor emeritus of Cass Business School, London. He runs Management Audit LLP specializing in auditing and corporate governance work, and is a member of the international Internal Audit Standards Board.
Graham Rand specializes in IT auditing, risk management and operational review. His career, in the UK and overseas, has featured involvement in a range of organisations, principally in the electrical retail, financial services and public sectors. Much of his current consultancy is on Information Management, Records Management, IT Security and providing support on the development of Risk Management and Information Security environments.


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Never out of print since 1997, and substantially updated for this second edition, The Operational Auditing Handbook has earned an international reputation as a hands–on, practical manual for internal auditors and managers to enable them to carry out audits and reviews of a wide range of business activities including:
Finance and accountingSarbanes–Oxley compliancePurchasingOperations and productionMarketing and salesDistributionPersonnel and management developmentResearch and developmentInformation technologySecurityEnvironmental responsibilitySubsidiaries and remote operating units
The Operational Auditing Handbook clarifies the underlying issues, risks and objectives for a wide range of operations and activities and is a professional companion, with many checklists, for those who design self–assessment and audit programmes of business processes in all sectors.  Reflecting the strategic importa nce of information technology today, this second edition is considerably expanded in this area with leading edge material. Other completely new material includes clear, authoritative guidance on how to achieve effective of governance, risk management and internal control processes.