AUDITNET® MONOGRAPHS & GUIDES

Monographs and Guides The monograph series grew out of my desire to establish an online electronic communication network for auditors. Before online services, bulletin boards and the Internet many auditors were operating without the benefits of peer collaboration and information sharing on a major scale. The Internet, founded on the principle of sharing and communication, changed the interaction model between auditors. Auditors can now post messages in online discussion forums, upload and download audit work programs, checklists, surveys, questionnaires and other audit related material in warp speed. Small one-person audit shops can now leverage the Internet and communicate with others and feel like they are not paddling upstream with one oar when it comes to having access to audit resources. My vision of an online information communication network for auditors became a reality with AuditNet® as the foundation.
The AuditNet® Monograph Series or AMS provides auditors with guidance on different aspects of the audit process and other relevant topics to help them do their jobs. New auditors will seek these guides to learn some basics of auditing while experienced auditors will use them as a review. Each guide focuses on a specific subject. The guides are available to subscribers in the audit templates area. If you are a subscriber and cannot find any of the following please send an email to info@auditnet.org. We are constantly adding new titles to this list.

Monograph and Guides

Audit Management

• AuditNet Guide to Setting up a New Audit Activity (April 2009)
• AuditNet Guide to Annual Audit Planning
• AuditNet® Guides - Staff Management Plan
• AuditNet Guide to Internal Audit Charters
• AuditNet Internal Audit Manual Template (Feb 09)

Audit Skills

Auditing Fraud

• AuditNet Guides - Check Fraud Guide (Jan 2011)
• AuditNet Guides - Embezzlement Prevention and Detection Guide with Fraud Interviewing (Jan 2011)
• AuditNet Guides - Forensic Investigations (Jan 2011)
• AuditNet® Guide to Fraud Interviewing (Oct 2011)
• AuditNet Guides - Information Technology Anti-Fraud Controls: COBIT and Information Systems (Jan 2011)
• Fraud and Internal Controls A Guide to Understanding Employee Embezzlement in the Workplace – Fraud Manual (2010)
• Fraud Detection and Prevention Best Practices Monograph (2010)
• Fraud and Waste Indicators Monograph (2010)
• Fraud and Waste Indicators in Government Monograph (2010)
• AuditNet Anti-Money Laundering Guide (Nov 2010)
• AuditNet® Guide Evidence Rules for Expert Witnesses (July 2011)
• AuditNet® Guide - Integrity of Digital Evidence (Evidence at Trial) (July 2011)
• AuditNet® Guide to Whistle Blowing and the False Claims Act (Oct 2011)

Security and IT Audit

• AuditNet® Auditor’s Guide to Cloud Computing Security Considerations (Oct 2011)
• Software Compliance Auditing: Is Your Number Up?
• Software Compliance Auditing: As An Auditor,You Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance - Or, Do You?”
• Software Licensing Compliance
• Software Compliance & Your Organization: Looking for a Career Change
• Guide to NIST Information Security Documents
• Information Integrity: The Next Frontier for Internal Auditors
• Information Technology Audit General Principles-Monograph
• AuditNet Management Planning Guide for Information Systems Security Auditing (Based on a 2001 Joint NSAA and GAO publication).
• AuditNet Principles of Computer Assisted Audit Techniques  - an AuditNet ^® Monograph Series Guide  in cooperation with INTOSAI.
• AuditNet Computer Assisted Audit Techniques Guide to Downloading Data an AuditNet ^® Monograph Series Guide in cooperation with INTOSAI
• AuditNet AS3 Control Documentation Guide (Nov 2010)
• AuditNet Guide to Cell Phone and PDA Security (Mobile Computing Guidelines) (Sep 2011)
• AuditNet® Guide to Information Security and Encryption (Sep 2011)
• Auditing CICS – A Beginner’s Guide AuditNet®(Sep 2009)
• AuditNet® Guide to Wireless Security (Oct 2011)
• Is Your IP Leaking?
• AuditNet® Guide to Social Networking Security (Oct 2011)

Miscellaneous Guides