Best Practices: Information Technology Controls

Learn the best practices for Information Technology governance, management, security, control and auditing.

This new offering is a one-day seminar is designed to provide an understanding of an effective program for the creation of a system of internal control within Information Technology (IT) and its assessment. Be trained on how your organization can develop and maintain an effective IT internal control framework to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) or other similar regulations.

Our attendees learn that a top-down, risk based approach to IT compliance can produce better results for their companies by streamlining their operations, providing more accurate, timely and reliable information, avoiding litigation and reducing their IT costs. Learn the "Best Practices" of IT from the methodologies of Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT), IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and IT departments around the globe. Implement and update your IT SOX compliance and IT auditing programs. This seminar is for IT and non-IT professionals, auditors and management. (8 Hours CPE).

Cost of this seminar is $650/Attendee. Each attendee will receive 8 hours of CPE credit. To reserve your space click on the Sign-up Now and fill out a registration form and use a Buy Now Button to pay the fees.

 Upcoming Best Practices: Information Technology Controls

Benefits of Attending

Compliance Seminar's professionals have been working with information technology controls for many years and have been providing SOX compliance assistance within the IT General Controls area.

- Understand risk assessment in the selection of IT General Controls.
- Review the major quality control methodologies that meet the standards.
- Be positioned for planning the assessment of IT General Controls.
- Understand how to integrate the IT General Control activities into existing internal control test work.
- Begin the process of focusing on the most important key controls.

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Seminar Highlights

Information Technology controls are described in two categories: General Controls and Application Controls. The seminar will cover IT General Controls over the information technology (IT) environment, computer operations, access to programs and data, program development and program changes. IT application controls will be discussed concerning transaction processing controls. The COBIT Framework (Control Objectives for Information Technology) is the most widely-used framework being used in SOX compliance efforts. This framework will be covered in detail.

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Learning Objectives

- Attendees will understand the similarities and differences between the ITIL and COBIT standards.
- Attendees will learn the compliance requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
- Attendees will discuss how internal controls can manage risk and reduce fraud.
- Attendees will identify methods for improving the effectiveness of information process to effect the profitability of businesses.

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Key Issues on the Agenda

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