Dan's Internal Audit Corner
Some Summer Reading Part Two
By Dan Swanson
Each month Dan Swanson, a senior security and internal audit professional will provide his list of recommended resources for AuditNet readers. If you have questions about this page or the links, you can reach Dan at www.securitybenchmark.com and dswanson_2008@yahoo.com
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Summer is a time of recharging, of planning for the future, of preparing for the next challenge. Summer is also a time to unwind and relax and spend time with the family.
Have a great summer.
Dan Swanson
1. Summer is a time of recharging, of planning for the future, of preparing for the next challenge. Summer is also a time to unwind and relax and spend time with the family.
2. Every September and October we take on a 100 different priorities so make sure your August reading prepares you for your short and long term priorities.
3. Review each listserv and e newsletter you belong to and analyze their relevance to your future, i.e. drop some, add some new ones, and most important make everything coming into your in box high impact.
4. Finally, you should develop a personal learning plan that will help you decide whether you should discard, skim, read, study, or deeply analyze and intimately learn each resource that happens to comes through your inbox each day.
Have a great summer.
Dan Swanson
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Some more summer
reading
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1. The IT Audit Checklist: Information Security, supports an internal audit of the organization’ s information security program with guidance on improving information security programs and processes, as well as information on assessing the robustness of your organization’ s security efforts. The paper is intended to help IT, compliance, audit, and business managers prepare for an audit of information security and, ultimately, to ensure that the audit experience and results are as productive as possible.
2. Dan Swanson’s Security Resources (A Weekly Blog)
3. The Sentinel IT Governance newsletter
4. Ask the Auditor: Who is Responsible for Information Security?
(Some thoughts and great resources)
5. Auditing System Conversions
6. Internal Audit Should Have a Seat at the Governance Table!
7. Board Oversight of IT Is Needed
8. The audit committee briefing “Internal Audit Standards: Why They Matter” provides executive guidance on the practice of internal auditing and the assurance internal audit can provide the audit committee.
9. Guidance for Smaller Businesses - COSO's Guidance for Smaller Public Companies Reporting on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, will guide smaller public companies through the process of applying the Internal Control - Integrated Framework when assessing and reporting on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. To access visit COSO's Web site.
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