Control System

Wikipedia: An assessment from a user’s perspective – Part VI

Based on my careful analysis of the factors associated with information reliability, there is a medium-to-high inherent risk of a researcher conveying unreliable information through citing Wikipedia material due to...

Wikipedia: An assessment from a user’s perspective – Part V

To provide an appropriate answer to this foundational question regarding Wikipedia an assessor must take into consideration the primary traits of reliability. Therefore, as previously stated in Wikipedia: An assessment from a user's perspective - part 1 as well as documented in

Wikipedia: An assessment from a user’s perspective – Part IV

Wikipedia is often been presented as a great research resource; however it is also a public forum, where any authorized user can make a declaration or an assertion. “If you find an article that provides relevant information for your research topic, you should take care to investigate the source...

Wikipedia: An assessment from a user’s perspective – Part III

As conveyed by TechTarget.com, “Identity management (ID management) is a broad administrative area that deals with identifying individuals in a system (such as a country, a network, or an enterprise) and controlling their access to resources within that system by associating user rights and...

Wikipedia: An assessment from a user’s perspective – Part II

Following the framework outlined in IT Auditing: An Adaptive System, a critical aspect of an IT assessment is the identification of related risks. Though Wikipedia Project Administrators commonly disavow their Internet endeavors are based on a Social Networking System (SNS), their...

Wikipedia: An assessment from a user’s perspective – Part I

Right-sizing IT Controls – Part VIII

Deploying key IT governance practices enhance an entity’s ability to meet control objectives for cost, functionality, and quality. Yet, regardless of the IT control techniques and automated tools available, the...

Right-sizing IT Controls – Part VII

An entity’s controlling and monitoring activities should reflect management’s strategy for ensuring an adequate IT control system. Consequently, IT policies, directives, standards, procedures, and rules should have a one-to-one or one-to-many correspondence with the assessed...

Compliance through Automation: Continuous Monitoring – Part VIII

Since management is responsible for the entity’s controls, they should have the means to determine, on an ongoing basis, whether selected controls are operating as designed. Continuous monitoring typically addresses management’s responsibility to assess the adequacy and effectiveness of...

Compliance through Automation: Continuous Monitoring – Part VII

Continuous monitoring allows management to have greater insight into the entity’s current state of compliance. Typically, for IT, continuous monitoring involves...