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CHAPTER 1: AUDIT PLAN <br />necessary authority or qualifications to perform the control <br />effectively." <br />Government Auditin_g Standards, Section 7.23, <br />Information Systems Controls: "... Information systems <br />controls consist of those internal controls that are <br />dependent on information systems processing and <br />include general controls and application controls. <br />Information systems general controls are the policies and <br />procedures that apply to all or a large segment of an entity's <br />information systems. General controls help ensure the proper <br />operation of information systems by creating the environment <br />for proper operation of application controls. General controls <br />include security management, logical and physical access, <br />configuration management, segregation of duties, and <br />contingency planning. Application controls, sometimes <br />referred to as business process controls, are those controls <br />that are incorporated directly into computer applications to <br />help ensure the validity, completeness, accuracy, and <br />confidentiality of transactions and data during application <br />processing. Application controls include controls over input, <br />processing, output, master data, application interfaces, and <br />data management system interfaces." <br />