The purpose of auditing is to obtain an understanding of the business, and for evaluating the entire business operational processes. Internal audits usually focus on reviewing job descriptions, budget information, and other resources for establishing a report on internal controls. External audits are usually a requirement
Introduction Upon reading this chapter, you may feel like you are preparing for a project management role rather than an information security role, but you’ll soon see that the interests of those who manage the business and those who safeguard it are intertwined. This chapter, more so than any of the other domains of the Common Body of Knowledge, deals with business management concerns: how to prepare for an emergency or calamity and how to respond and continue operations under suboptimal business conditions. 123 Information Security: Principles and Practices, by Mark S. Merkow, CISSP, CISM and Jim Breithaupt. Published by Prentice Hall. Copyright © 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc. ISBN: 0-558-86622-0 124 CHAPTER 6 | Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Planning In this chapter, you will learn about the goals of sound business continuity planning and disaster recovery planning, how these two types of planning differ, the types of threats that could invoke emergency planning and procedures, and several of the more prominent techniques organizations are using to plan for and hopefully prevent a disruption in business activities.
Week1 dq1 1. Think about functional areas within an organization, such as human resources, sales, and production. What are their roles? How do they use information? How are software and hardware used in these departments to meet their informational objectives?
Business Contingency Plan Recommendation JIT2 Risk Management, Task C September 6, 2014 Introduction: SterlingCrest’s business contingency plan contains numerous preventive measures, resources, and procedures to allow the company to quickly and efficiently restore operations in order to mitigate the negative effects of a major business disruption. The purpose of this report is to provide an implementation strategy for the company’s business contingency plan, along with recommendations for monitoring and adjusting the plan going forward. C. Recommendation: After establishing a comprehensive business contingency plan in writing with signoff from the SterlingCrest’s Board of Directors, the executive leadership will assign a manager to oversee the implementation, monitoring, and adjusting of the plan on a go-forward basis. Implementation. In order for the plan to be successfully implemented and adopted, it is vital for the BCP manager to communicate the benefits of the plan to management and to everyone with an active role in the execution of the plan.
This is when an auditor does an actual review of the processes and the security of these processes and makes “professional recommendations” on the implementation of systems, the security of the systems and software, and even recommendations on better implementation of the database management. SAS 70 is important for all processes, electronic and manual, that may be outsourced to third party companies or may be maintained by third party software. This report provides the company as well as the third parties with a report that provides information on the internal controls that are in place and their effectiveness within both businesses. This allows the organizations to determine whether or not they need to make changes to their processes to ensure the security of the data that is being shared between parties (Hunton, 2004, p. 217). Finally, SAS 94 addresses the need for the auditor, and its firm, to fully understand the programming and technology that is being used for any given company.
Given a situation containing entities, business rules, and data requirements, create the conceptual model of the database using a database modeling tool. 3. Given an existing relational database schema, evaluate and alter the database design for efficiency. 4. Given an existing database structure demonstrating efficiency and integrity, design the physical tables.
This information includes customer name, phone number, delivery address, email, type of organization, and a designated order number for references. Since each order have to through several different departments, it is critical for us to maintain and share this information with all of their employees. GoldMine enables instant access to company-centric view of customer and contact information, including complete histories, sales, and calls (FrontRange Solution 2007). Macromedia Dreamweaver MX is a professional visual editor for creating and managing websites and pages. With Dreamweaver, you can create pages that can be viewed on any browser, any platform.
Managers should manage the supply chain efficiently and employees should track as many items as possible while knowing the availability. In addition, some of Kudler’s other needs include payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, capital assets, inventory, purchasing, general ledger, point of service transactions, bank reconciliations, and security. Strength and weaknesses Currently, Kudler uses a comprehensive Retail Enterprise Management System (REMS) to run their business. REMS contains different modules, which includes both finance and accounting. Microsoft designs the software and it provides a complete point of sale (POS) solution that enables Kudler to meet unique requirements (Microsoft Dynamics, 2014).
Unit three: Principles of managing information and producing documents Section 1 – Understand the purpose of information technology in a business environment 1. In relation to your current business environment (or one that you are familiar with), identify at least two different types of information technology that may be used when completing work tasks. Word processing Spreadsheets 2. What are the benefits to businesses (and others) of using information technology for doing work tasks? Speed Flexibility Quality New possibilities Efficiency Ref: IT for Business Success http://smallbusiness.chron.com/information-technology-business-success-4019.html Section 2 – Understand how to manage electronic and paper-based information 1.
“An enterprise system is central to an organization and ensures information can be shared across all business functions and all levels of management to support the running and mananing of a business. “ (Stair and Renyolds, 2013, pg 264). So in order for the system to be effective the system must fit the organization and be able to help managers to make decisions that support the company objectives. Daily operations generates a lot of information from customer orders to payment processing, so the data should be integrated so that it can be easily used. The business processes of the organization must also be incorporated into the system, so that data and decision management is in sync.