IT Audit

Author: Hu Kejin
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: To advance China's informatization cause and protect the achievements of informatization construction, IT auditing is essential. The security of information systems is closely linked to economic security, social security, and national security, making it a strategically significant issue in China's informatization process. This book is the first of its kind in China on IT auditing, introducing advanced international IT auditing and control concepts and methods. It holds great significance for promoting China's healthy entry into an informatized society and ensuring information security. It is hoped that the publication of this book will advance China's IT auditing work, contribute to cultivating a team of IT auditors, and thus make a contribution to China's informatization construction.
To ensure the security, reliability, and effectiveness of information systems, IT auditing by qualified, independent IT auditors on computer-based information systems is necessary. This book comprehensively and thoroughly introduces the basic concepts, objectives, theoretical methods, and techniques of IT auditing. It provides an in-depth yet accessible explanation of the framework, basic requirements, and related knowledge of IT auditing standards. It strives to achieve both theoretical depth and strong practicality. This is the first book in China on IT auditing, reviewed and approved by the Information Center of the State Economic and Trade Commission. It will guide IT auditors in systematically and accurately grasping the principles of IT auditing and correctly and effectively applying its methods and techniques.
This book can serve as a training manual for IT auditors, a reference guide for information system supervisors, and a textbook or reference for undergraduate and graduate students in information management or information security programs.