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Business Technology Trends
Technology• WWW:
– Intranet, Extranet
– E-Commerce Infrastructure
– On-line payment, billing, account management, etc.
– Customer Relationship Mgmt (CRM)
• Wireless/Mobile– Infrastructure and
Applications
• Application Integration
Management• Availability
– Business Continuity
– Disaster Recovery
• Security– Safeguarding
– Confidentiality, Privacy
• Cost Containment • “Sourcing” Management
Professional Developments• Spin off of IT
consulting services
• Consolidation around IT risk management and security/privacy
• Harmonization of IT assurance services
– WebTrust
– SysTrust
• Numerous Business/ IT certificates striving for recognition
• Development of Acc/ IT interest groups: Au, UK, US, Cda
• AICPA “CITP”
• ISACA/Gartner alliance around IT governance
RANKINGTOPIC 1999 2000 2001Availability and resiliency of systems; disaster recovery 6 5/4 6Business process reengineering 4Collaborative computing applications/Cooperative and client-server computing 10E-evidence 10 9Electronic commerce/ E-Business /EDI 6 1 2E-money 9Financial reporting 7 3Image processing/Document management/Electronic document submission 3/7Messaging applications/Mail technology 2Net-enabled applications/Internet, intranets, private networks, extranets 1/2 8 10Privacy 8 10 4Quality of personnel 7Quality of service 8Security and controls 3 2 1Self-service applications 9Technology management and budget 5 6Telecommuting/Virtual office applications 5/7 9Training and technology competency 4 3 5Videoconferencing 8Year 2000 issue 1
AICPA Top Technologies 2001
Technology Issues
• Based on CICA/AICPA committees/TFs
• Secure Electronic Commerce, Info Security and Control, Internet, Internet payment systems, Privacy, Electronic Evidence, Disaster Recovery, Enterprise Systems, Year 2000 and Training were the significant issues
Secure Electronic Commerce
• Connection is an issue
• Firewalls and security need to be strong
• Hardware and software issues
Information Security and Control
• Security is critical especially now with complex systems
• We need to be able to audit and assess
Internet
• Kids can use it more effectively than we can
• Great opportunities for clients and us
Electronic Money/Inet Payment Systems
• Required on the web
• Digital cash presents new challenges including taxation and impact on monetary policies as ability for country to control inflows/outflows is diminished
Privacy
• Biggest issue worldwide on WWW
• Countries are legislating
• Great consulting/assurance opportunity
Electronic Evidence
• Use of paper in audit declining
• How do you authenticate evidence
• How do you authenticate working papers?
• What is permissible?
• No court decisions yet
Enterprise Resource Systems
• ERS
• SAP, Peoplesoft, JD Edwards becoming standard for large
• Moving to medium
• Complex
• Complex audit challenges
Disaster Recovery
• Plan is paramount
• 55% do not have one in place
• need to look at all business aspects
• New focus came with Y2K
Training and competency
• Need training
• current CAS and CPAs need technology training
• technology is more than Microsoft Office
Specialization Knowledge AreasCISA• IS Auditing
• Management of IS
• Accounting Information Systems
– Introduction to Computers
– Computer Programming
– Data Base Management Systems
– Computer-based Communication Networks
• Systems Analysis and Design
CITP• Business IT Strategic Planning
• IS Management
• Enterprise IT Architecture
• System Reliability
• Business Process Enablement
• Systems Development/Acquisition and Project Management