CHAPTER 15 AUDITING EDP SYSTEMS EFFECT OF EDP
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CHAPTER 15 AUDITING EDP SYSTEMS
EFFECT OF EDP ON ORGANIZATION • ORGANIZATION CHANGE – FACLITIES – STAFFING – CENTRALIZATION OF DATA AND SEGREGATION OF DUTIES – METHODS OF AUTHORIZATION • VISIBILITY • INPUT DATA • PROCESSING • TRANSACTION TRAIL
• POTENTIAL FOR MISSTATEMENT – REDUCED HUMAN INVOLVEMENT – UNIFORMITY OF PROCESSING – UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS – LOSS OF DATA • POTENTIAL FOR IMPROVED CONTROL
EDP CONTROLS • GENERAL CONTROLS – PLAN OF ORGANIZATION – PROCEDURES FOR DOCUMENTING, APPROVING SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMS – HARDWARE CONTROLS – ACCESS CONTROLS • APPLICATION CONTROLS – INPUT CONTROLS – PROCESSING CONTROLS – OUTPUT CONTROLS
UNDERSTANDING INTERNAL CONTROLS • OBTAIN UNDERSTANDING – FLOWCHARTS – EDP QUESTIONNAIRES – ERROR LISTINGS • DOCUMENT UNDERSTANDING • ASSESS CONTROL RISK
TESTING CONTROLS • AUDIT AROUND COMPUTER – TREAT COMPUTER AS CLERK – TEST SOURCE DOCUMENTS FOR EVIDENCE OF CONTROL • AUDIT USING COMPUTER – TEST DATA APPROACH • INCLUDE ALL RELEVANT CONDITIOND • CLIENT PROGRAM – PARALLEL SIMULATION • AUDITOR PROGRAM REPLICATES CLIENTS • CLIENT DATA PROCESSED
GENERALIZED AUDIT SOFTWARE • AUDIT TOOL – PERFORMS VARIOUS DATA MANIPULATION FUNCTIONS • USING SOFTWARE – OBJECTIVE SETTING – APPLICATION DESIGN – CODING – KEY ENTRY – PROCESSING
• USES OF GENERALIZED AUDIT SOFTWARE – VERIFY EXTENSIONS – EXAMINE RECORDS FOR CORRECTNESS – COMPARE DATA ON SEPARATE FILES – SUMMARIZE OR REORDER DATA – COMPARE AUDIT EVIDENCE WITH COMPANY DATA – SELECT AUDIT SAMPLES – PRINT CONFIRMATIONS
MICROCOMPUTERS IN AUDITING • USES OF MICROCOMPUTERS – PREPARE TRIAL BALANCES AND LEAD SCHEDULES – PREPARE WORKING PAPERS – CALCULATE ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES – PREPARE AUDIT PROGRAMS – UNDERSTAND INTERNAL CONTROLS – PERFORM AUDIT SAMPLING – MANAGE ENGAGEMENTS