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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...




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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...
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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...




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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...




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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...




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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...




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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:...




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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...




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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...




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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...




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Published on May 16, 2012 15:02