SOFTWARE! SOFTWARE! SOFTWARE!

Tight audit budgets getting you down? Well, relax, my friend, as there IS A LOT OF GREAT SOFTWARE out there that can really help you. The Dallas IIA presents:

“AUDIT SMARTER… NOT HARDER”

This seminar will expose you to a ton of software useful in your everyday job. And, many of the packages are FREE. Regardless of your audit emphasis (I.T. audit, general audit, financial audit, compliance audit, regulatory audit, fraud audit or contract audit), you WILL come away from this class with new audit tools.

Now let’s get specific. Packages demonstrated in this course cover the range from “looking for unrecorded transactions” to calculating IP addresses. We’ll look at user-friendly statistical sampling software as well as packages, which automatically read code and flowchart the application (and point out control points). Other software looks for anomalies in data, or allows for real time triggers.

The teacher, Dr. Dan Kneer, just had an article published in the ISACA Journal on the need for and how to build a continuous assurance/real-time monitoring system. Also, he has been the #1 rated speaker, numerous times, at the IIA International Conference. In this class, you will see, first-hand, how to build such a system with software that you already have!

Let’s talk about software that you already have. Ever looked at the “Analysis Tool Kit” in Excel? It’s LOADED with tools that you could use for Control Self Assessment and I.T. Governance. “Dr. Dan” will also show you how to build a GUI-based CEO/CFO/CIO Dashboard.

Come along on this fantastic journey. Let’s have a lot of laughs, and learn LOT!

SEMINAR INFORMATION

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Biography
Dr. Dan Kneer
Dr. Dan C. Kneer and Associates, Inc.

Dr. Dan Kneer’s amateur computer crime prevention career started in the early 1970’s when he hacked (it was pre-approved) into the management simulation game in college (as a system “test”). Dr. Dan’s professional computer security career started at Deloitte & Touche, in San Francisco. His national award winning Ph.D. thesis in 1981 predicted security issues in decentralized or distributed processing (the precursor to “client/server”). Dr. Dan served as the National Director of Research of the (then) EDP Auditors Association (now ISACA) and he initiated the Research Monograph Series editing Monograph #1 Computer Assisted Audit Techniques. He has taught many CAAT's packages including ACL and IDEA. He also was involved with the EDPAF’s “Control Objectives” (the “father” document of the CobiT). Dan served on the Arizona Society of CPAs Audit Standards Committee and was involved in the content of SAS 47, SAS 48, and SSAE 1. He also provided advice to the AICPA on SAS 55. Dr. Dan co-founded the Masters Degree in Computer Auditing at Arizona State University (the largest program of this type in the nation). He has won college-teaching awards in each of the last three decades. Dr. Dan has ranked in the “top 5%” of speakers at every conference for which he has made presentations.

His specialty is the application of computer control and security, and computer auditing. He is the world’s biggest believer in real-time monitors and analytics. “Doc” stresses a “process focus” and the mindset of a “value-added” consultant. Dan says match the control and security to the client’s business model.

Dr. Dan has been assisting the Big-5, internal audit shops, and governmental auditors for over 21 years. His clients include the Fortune top 50 and numerous Inspector General’s Offices, State Auditors’ Offices, Attorney Generals’ Offices and Law Enforcement Agencies. Dan’s IT security cases are utilized on 5 continents.

Dr. Dan was hired by PricewaterhouseCoopers in the 1980’s to assist in the design and deployment of their CAG (Computer Audit Group) practice. Dan has also taught at the Becker Center (Ernst & Young’s National training faculty) and St. Charles, Illinois (Arthur Andersen’s National training faculty). “Doc” consulted with Andersen Worldwide regarding the subsequent split of AA and Accenture.

Dan is a renowned speaker and has delivered talks at such famous venues as 1) Caesars Palace, 2) the Washington D.C. National Press Club, 3) the Downtown New York Athletic Club (home of the Heisman trophy), 4) the grand ballroom at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, 5) Madison Square Garden, and 6) the Palace de Concorde (Paris).

Dr. Dan assists many organizations in internal fraud analysis, forensic accounting, litigation support and asset recovery investigations. His proven techniques in data mining have earned him praise from many agencies for his contributions to asset recovery and revenue protection. Dan holds both a CPA certificate (1975; license is currently inactive) and CFE … Certified Fraud Examiner (1999).

Recent Accomplishments include:

• Completion of a three-year consulting project with the United States Postal Service which saved $900,000,000 per year on bulk mail handling … both revenue protection and cost avoidance (1994-1996)
• A “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for innovative teaching of technology. (1997)
• Assisting the Internal Revenue Service (Office of Inspector General) in developing a statistical sampling policy and internal fraud investigation techniques. (1998)
• Acknowledgement by Courtenay Thompson (a well known fraud investigator) that “Dan’s regression analysis ideas for continuous process monitoring are the best preventive medicine for fraud.” (1997)
• Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) study on Model Curricula for Computer Auditors. (1996-1998)
• The Governor of Arizona Award for Excellence in Education Design. (1996)
• A National Literary Award from Managerial Auditing (United Kingdom). (1997)
• Increased the Department of Defense Audit Agencies efficiency by 33% (several thousand man-days of labor). (1999)
• Volunteered for President Clinton’s Computer Cyber-Terrorism Team. (2000)
• ISACA Editorial Review Board. (2000)
• Co-founded KPMG’s Information Risk Management (IRM) University (1996-Present)
• A highly regarded Inspector General recently introduced Dan by saying “all other teachers I have ever seen (in 25 years) teach in black and white; Dr. Dan teaches in color.” (2001)

Dr. Dan has extensive knowledge in:

• Computer Security
• Forensic Investigation
• Fraud
• Privacy
• Intrusion detection
• Accounting
• Auditing
• Data Mining
• Network Architectures & Security