Robert E. Davis's Blog
September 17, 2012
Wikipedia: An assessment from a user's perspective - part 3
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...
Published on September 17, 2012 15:56
Wikipedia: An assessment from a user's perspective - part 3
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...
Published on September 17, 2012 14:53
September 10, 2012
Wikipedia: An assessment from a user's perspective - part 2
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...
Published on September 10, 2012 15:59
Wikipedia: An assessment from a user's perspective - part 2
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...
Published on September 10, 2012 12:49
September 3, 2012
Wikipedia: An assessment from a user's perspective - part 1
There has been a fair amount of discussion over the last few years regarding Wikipedia. As an educator as well as a professional writer my curiosity peaked on August 21, 2012. So in order to address my concerns...
Published on September 03, 2012 15:28
Wikipedia: An assessment from a user's perspective - part 1
There has been a fair amount of discussion over the last few years regarding Wikipedia. As an educator as well as a professional writer my curiosity peaked on August 21, 2012. So in order to address my concerns...
Published on September 03, 2012 11:43
June 20, 2012
Common risk determinants for an IT architecture - Part 3
An entity’s oversight committee should provide internal and external controls due diligence. In this regard, entity oversight committees normally delegate responsibility, accountability, and authority to an audit oversight committee that:...
Published on June 20, 2012 10:50
June 13, 2012
Common risk determinants for an IT architecture - Part 2
The entity’s CE affects the IT organizational structure. Centralized structures often have a single computer processing strategy and use a single set of systems and infrastructure software, enabling tighter management control over the IT...
Published on June 13, 2012 14:00
June 6, 2012
Common risk determinants for an IT architecture - Part 1
An entity’s control environment (CE) can provide discipline and structure to processes ensuring operational, financial, and compliance requirements are adequately addressed. As an integrated component, technology has and will continue to...
Published on June 06, 2012 10:47
May 16, 2012
An overview of IT service delivery and support - part 3
As discussed in IT Service Management and IT Governance: Review, Comparative Analysis and their Impact on Utility Computing, when evolving from technology providers into strategic partners, IT organizational units generally fellow a three stage...
Published on May 16, 2012 15:02


