E‐commerce impact: emerging technology – electronic auditing

Junaid M. Shaikh

Managerial Auditing Journal, 2005, vol. 20, issue 4, 408-421

Abstract: Purpose - We expect an explosive application of these technologies to take place when they become mature and may further assist auditors in improving the quality of their work. How to use some of the computer‐assisted auditing techniques (CAATs) more effectively with the emerging information technologies. Design/methodology/approach - Constructed an infrastructure with the support of emerging technologies. Electronic auditing (EA) framework–prepared and used with information technology, these examples are object‐oriented distributed middlewares, internet security technologies, and intelligent agents. Findings - How a CPA may conveniently audit the loan account of a bank with EA framework. Demonstration/application. Research limitations/implications - Auditors will have to design one specialized audit software for each auditee's electronic data processing (EDP) system if the EDP system uses proprietary file formats or different operating systems. The EA has some limitations. This approach depends on distributed middlewares standards, i.e. CORBA, DCOM, or Java RMI, to enable the interconnections of the auditor's GASI, auditee's EDP systems. Practical implications - This system emulates EDP applications in the banking industry and is based on the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) architecture industrial standard. Originality/value - How auditor could effectively apply existing CAATs with the support of the modern information technologies such as object‐oriented distributed middleware, internet security technologies, and intelligent agents. Furthermore, this article proposes a new auditing approach that we call EA. Application in banking and financial institution for auditing banks loan account.

Keywords: Auditing; Electronic commerce (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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