Auditing Information Systems

JACK J. CHAMPLAIN, CPA, CISA, CIA, CFSA, is the Senior Information Systems Auditor with the Boeing Employees' Credit Union. He has worked in the banking industry for eighteen years, spending over half of them with Security Pacific and First Interstate Banks prior to joining BECU. Mr. Champlain has over ten years of internal auditing experience, including seven years of IS auditing. Mr. Champlain served two terms as President of the Puget Sound Chapter of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association. He previously served as Vice President and Programs Director of the same organization. He is also an active member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, the AICPA, the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Association of Credit Union Internal Auditors. Mr. Champlain was recently appointed Chairman of the Emerging Technologies Committee of the ACUIA. Mr. Champlain is a contributor to numerous publications and a frequent speaker in the area of information systems auditing. He holds a BA in finance from the University of Washington and an MBA from Seattle University.

CORE CONCEPTS; Basics of Computing Systems; Identifying Computer Systems; STANDARD INFORMATION SYSTEMS AUDIT APPROACH; Information Systems Audit Program; Information Systems Security Policies, Standards, and/or Guidelines; Auditing Service Organization Applications; Assessing the Financial Stability of Vendor Organizations, Examining Vendor Organization Contracts, and Examining Accounting Treatment of Computer Equipment and Software; Physical Security; Logical Security; Information Systems Operations; CONTEMPORARY INFORMATION SYSTEMS AUDITING CONCEPTS; Control Self-Assessment and an Application in an Information Systems Environment; Encryption and Cryptography; Year 2000 Problem; Other Contemporary Information Systems Auditing Challenges; Humanistic Aspects of Information Systems Auditing; Conclusion; Appendices; Glossary; Selected References; Index.