IT Compliance and Controls

Supporting Links for “BEST and WORST IT Control Environments of 2007
The following are the references made during my ACFE 19th annual Fraud Conference session.  I will provide follow-up and greater detail on areas over the next few months, but please add any resources you find valuable below.

Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) | Annual Reports

Internet […]

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This article rings true on many areas - the need for executives to develop a technology strategy that is long term, the need for technologists to consider the impacts for their decisions when acquiring new gear, the necessity of the CIO to guide the transformation of the the infrastructure and operations management towards a business […]

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Lack of alignment between business and technology services is a proven epidemic.  It is attributable to obvious security / fraud instances and causes greater damage to the competitive nature of every business that leverages technology.  An interesting napkin fact - nearly a third of IPOs over the past 12 months were for businesses that are […]

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Silos throughout an organization are natural as an organization is initially created due to the entrprenuerial situation where any one individual maintains a dozen or so roles.  As the organization grows however the organization must continually redefine and restructure the objectives and responsibilities of the staff.  This is especially important as the competitive landscape has […]

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