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Title: Assessing the Reliability of Computer Processed Data
Date: March 16-17, 2011
Time: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Instructor: Glen D. Chambers, CISA
Location: One Highland Center, 314 E. Highland Mall Blvd., Suite 403, Austin, TX 78752
Price: $425
Early Bird Discount: $399 if you register by February 16, 2011.
Who Should Attend:
All auditors, team leaders, audit supervisors and managers with the desire to gain a better understanding of assessing the reliability of computer processed data.
Course Description:
How comfortable are you with the data you are relying upon during the course of your audits? Do you feel confident that the data is current, accurate, and complete? With the proliferation of electronic information systems we are placing much more reliance on invisible audit trails. Recent accounting scandals that have sent shockwaves through the accounting/auditing profession certainly illustrate the fact that reliable data cannot be overemphasized. As a result, various factors must be considered by the auditor when assessing the reliability of computer-processed data.
This course focuses on data reliability requirements in conducting audits under the Government Auditing Standards. The course material presented centers around the following questions:
What are the data reliability testing and documentation requirements as defined in the GAO’s publication GAO-07-731G, “Government Auditing Standards 2007 Revision” (the Yellow Book)?
How should the auditor interpret and apply the guidance provided in GAO’s publication GAO-09-680G, “Assessing the Reliability of Computer-Processed Data”, popularly referred to as the “Gray Book”?
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
Provide an overview of the professional standards, policies and guidelines pertaining to auditing information systems and assessing the reliability of data being processed by electronic systems.
Define data reliability and provide a framework for assessing the reliability of computer-processed data and reporting the results.
Discuss the use of computer assisted audit techniques (CAATs) in assessing the reliability of data in the electronic environment and the challenges facing the auditor.
Instructor Bio: Glen D. Chambers, CISA
Glen D. Chambers, a career federal employee and retiree from the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), has over 20 years experience in auditing information systems at some of the largest Department of Defense (DOD) contractors in the country. During Glen’s tenure with the Federal Government, he cultivated a unique background combining the expertise and discipline of contract auditing with the technical knowledge of a specialist in the area of information systems. Glen gained extensive experience in designing and developing training programs and workshops for numerous organizational elements within DCAA, other DOD components, and various groups from the contractor community. Since leaving government service, Glen has been actively involved in providing Information Systems (IS) audit related training to various government audit organizations at the local, state and federal levels.
Glen is a faculty member of the Graduate School, Government Audit Training Institute where he is involved with course development and instruction. Glen is a Certified Information Systems Auditor and a member of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association.
CPE: 16 hours
Level: Intermediate
Type of Class: Audit
TX Board of Public Accountancy Sponsor Number: 009317
Cancellation Information: Cancellation Date: February 23, 2011
To cancel your registration from this course, please call or email the course
contact listed below. If a cancellation is received after the cancellation
date, the registrant will be charged $140 for course materials.
If you are making travel plans to come to the training, please make "refundable" air and hotel reservations or wait until 14 days before the class to actually book your reservations. Courses are occasionally canceled or rescheduled due to low enrollment. We determine whether a course has enough participants approximately 16 days prior to the course date. If we cancel or reschedule, we will email the participant no later than 14 days before the original class date. Solutions Training will not pay for cancellation/change fees associated with travel and hotel arrangement changes.
Class participants will
be billed after the class. Payment should be made to SOLUTIONS TRAINING GROUP,
Federal Tax ID: 20-2732184 and mailed to 2701 Maria Anna Rd, Austin, TX 78703.
If you have any questions, please contact Shannon Bieberdorf at (512) 914-5557
shannon@solutionstraininggroup.com. For
additional information about this class, please contact Laurie Garrant at laurie@solutionstraininggroup.com,
(512) 914-5567.
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