Continuous auditing: Verifying information integrity and providing assurances for financial reports

Computer Fraud and Security

Volumn 2005, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 12-16

  Flowerday, Stephen ^a,b   Von Solms, Rossouw ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FINANCE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENTS; PERSONNEL; SECURITY OF DATA; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ELECTRONIC TRANSCATION; FINANCIAL REPORTS; INFORMATION INTEGRITY; SECURITY AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC);

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 23344449929     PISSN: 13613723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1361-3723(05)70232-3     Document Type: Article

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