2011 Symposium on Information Systems Assurance - Announcement and Call for Papers
October 7, 2010
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The Centre is pleased to announce a very successful case writing workshop involving academics from several universities and Toronto chapter ISACA members. Universities participating included Brock, Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier and York.
The workshop was organized by Jee-Hae Lim and Theo Stratopolous of UWCISA and Cameron Jue and Margaret Lee of the Toronto Chapter of ISACA.who organized the volunteer academics and practitioners for the session and materials. ISACA provided some travel funds for the participants. Thanks also to Bill Swirsky of the CICA which provided facilities and meals. Won No created the website.
A very high level of satisfaction was reported by all participants and a desire to repeat the session annually.
We expect four cases to be produced based on the work of four teams covering the following topics:
IT Governance
Information Integrity
Outsourcing
Internal Audit Management
Pictures from the session as well as the materials used can be viewed HERE
The UWCISA is pleased to announce its latest working paper entitled:
Internet Privacy: Framework, Review and Opportunities for Future Research co-authored by
Efrim Boritz, Won Gyun No and R. P. Sundarraj
Download the paper.
The UWCISA is proud to announce that Gerald Trites, one of Canada's leading Information Technology writers, educators and researchers
has joined UWCISA as a Fellow. Jerry is well known in academic and business circles for his numerous publications and professional service contributions as described at http://www.zorba.ca/ .
Welcome Jerry.
We welcome CaseWare IDEA Inc. as a major sponsor of the centre. Bob Cuthbertson, Chief Operating Officer, joins the board. Welcome, Bob.
Business Reporting with XML:
XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language)By J. E. Boritz and W. G. No
For Publication in
Encyclopedia of the Internet,
H. Bidgoli (ed.), John Wiley, Vol.3, 2004, pp. 863-885.
Assurance Reporting for XBRL:
XARL (Extensible Assurance Reporting Language)By J. E. Boritz and W. G. No
For Publication in
Trust and Data Assurances in Capital Markets: The Role of Technology Solutions,
Research Monograph sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers, S. Rohani (ed.), March 2003, pp. 17-31.
By J. E. Boritz and W. G. No
Forthcoming in the journal of Canadian Accounting Perspectives
Security in XML-Based Financial Reporting Services on the Internet
By J. E. Boritz and W. G. No
Forthcoming in the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
The Centre has recently completed a study on behalf of ISACA on Managing Enterprise Information Integrity: Security, Control and Audit Issues, by J. Efrim Boritz, University of Waterloo.
The Centre has recently completed a study on behalf of CICA on A Secure IT Infrastructure for E-Commerce, by J. Efrim Boritz, University of Waterloo.
The Centre is pleased to announce its completion of a paper on Aligning Investment in Information Technology with Business Strategy: What CFOs need to consider, co-authored by J. Efrim Boritz, University of Waterloo, Ed O’Donnell, Arizona State University and Tony Read, Read & Associates, Toronto.
Now Available:
Traversing Privacy Minefields
An Analysis of the AICPA/CICA Privacy Framework’s
Coverage of Canada’s Personal Information and
Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
PricewaterhouseCoopers,UW's Centre for Information Systems Assurance win China IT audit project
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