IT for Auditing

Learning Results

Mastering the topic Information Technologies on Auditing, focused upon auditors’ role, profile and elementary knowledge and competencies, mainly, on IDEA, for substantive auditing test procedures;
• Upgrade the range knowledge on Computer Assisted Audit Tools and Techniques, CAATTs, available in the Portuguese market: Seminars are regularly promoted;
• Mastering the topic Security on Information Systems and Internet: auditors must be aware of the threats on servers and data.

Program

1. Information Systems for Auditing purposes
2. Computer Assisted Audit Tools and Techniques
2.1. IDEA: context and purpose and Case Studies using IDEA
2.2 ACL (Seminar)
3. New concepts on Auditing
3.1 Continuous Auditing
3.2 eAudit
3.3 Audit Trail
3.4 Case Studies
4. Internet Security
4.1 Security Policies
4.2 Internet Security and treaths
4.3 Protection techniques

Curricular Unit Teachers

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

David Coderre, Internal Audit: Efficiency Through Automation, IIA, Institute of Internal Auditors Series, , John Wiley & Sons, Dezembro 2008, ISBN-10: 0470392428
Cannon, David L., Bergmann, Timothy S., Pamplin, Brady – CISA: Certified Information Systems Auditor Study
Guide, Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; Pap/Cdr St edition (12 May 2006), ISBN-10: 0782144381
Cascarino, Richard – Auditor’s guide to information systems auditing, John Wiley & Sons, 2007, ISBN: 978-0- 470-00989-5
Hunton, James E., Bryant, Stephanie M. Core, Bagranoff, Nancy A. – Concepts of Information Technology
Auditing, John Wiley & Sons; Pap/Cdr edition (7 Oct 2003), ISBN-10: 0471222933
André Zúquete, Segurança em Redes Informáticas, FCA Editora, 2006.
Henrique Mamede, Segurança Informática nas Organizações, FCA Editora, 2006.
Edmundo Monteiro e Fernando Boavida, Engenharia de Redes Informáticas, FCA Editora, 2000 (cap 7)