Resources for Audit Professionals

IS Audit Function Knowledge

• Data Extraction, A Hindrance to Use of CAATs, by Tommie W. Singleton, Ph.D., CISA, CGE IT, CITP, CMA, CPA
• IT Audit Basics: IT and Privacy Audits, by Tommie W. Singleton, Ph.D., CISA, CITP, CMA, CPA
• IT Audit Basics: What Every IT Auditor Should Know About Scoping an IT Audit, by Tommie W. Singleton, Ph.D., CISA, CITP, CMA, CPA
• The IS Audit Process, by S. Anantha Sayana
• Due Professional Care, by Frederick Gallegos

Audit Evidence Process

• Understanding and Applying Benford’s Law, by Tommie W. Singleton, Ph.D., CISA, CGEIT, CITP, CMA, CPA
• The Necessity for Documentation, by S. Anantha Sayana
• Using CAATs to Support IS Audit, by S. Anantha Sayana

Audit Reporting Follow-up

• The Audit Report and Follow-up:  Methods and Techniques for Communicating Audit Finding and Recommendations, by Frederick Gallegos

Internal Controls Concepts Knowledge

• Understanding the New SOC Reports, by Tommie W. Singleton, Ph.D., CISA, CGEIT, CITP, CMA, CPA
• IT Audit Basics: What Every IT Auditor Should Know About Controls:  The CDLC, by Tommie W. Singleton, Ph.D., CISA, CITP, CMA, CPA
• IT Audit Basics: The COSO Model: How IT Auditors Can Use IT to Measure the Effectiveness of Internal Controls (Part 1), by Tommie W. Singleton, Ph.D., CISA, CMA, CPA, CITP
• IT Audit Basics: The COSO Model: How IT Auditors Can Use IT to Measure the Effectiveness of Internal Controls (Part 2), by Tommie W. Singleton, Ph.D., CISA, CMA, CPA, CITP
• Auditing General and Application Controls, by S. Anantha Sayana
• What Every IT Auditor Should Know About Auditing Information Security, by Tommie W. Singleton, Ph.D., CISA, CMA, CPA, CITP

Fundamental Auditing Concepts

• How The It Auditor Can Make Substantive Contributions To A Financial Audit, by Tommie W. Singleton, Ph.D., CISA, CGEIT, CITP, CMA, CPA
• The Minimum IT Controls to Assess in a Financial Audit (Part II), by Tommie W. Singleton, Ph.D., CISA, CITP, CMA, CPA
• The Minimum IT Controls to Assess in a Financial Audit (Part I), by Tommie W. Singleton, Ph.D., CISA, CITP, CMA, CPA
• What Every IT Auditor Should Know About IT Audits and Data, by Tommie W. Singleton, Ph.D., CISA, CITP, CMA, CPA
• What Every IT Auditor Should Know About Sampling, by Tommie W. Singleton, Ph.D., CISA, CITP, CMA, CPA
• IT Audit Independence: What Does It Mean?, by Frederick Gallegos
• Educating the Masses: Audit, Control and Security of Information Systems Today and Tomorrow, by Frederick Gallegos, CISA, CDE, CGFM

Audit Management

• Maintaining IT Audit Proficiency–The Role of Professional Development Planning, by Frederick Gallegos
• IT Audit Career Development Plan, by Frederick Gallegos