Current week
Objectives:
Internship Orientation: In the internship orientation
supervisors discussed expectations of the internship experience.
Meet with Tiffany Canady –VP of Financial Reporting and Av
Kantor VP of Technology to discuss my role in developing IT General Controls Policy.
Read Current IT electronic systems policy
Read Guide to Sarbanes-Oxley Act: IT Risk and Controls
Current Week
Accomplishments:
Completed 21 hours of work
I Attended the Internship orientation, the major topics discussed were:
- Learning how to independently research projects/new tasks.
- Actively participate in meetings 1) ask questions 2) Make suggestions
- Begin to develop project management and communication skill set
Attended meeting with Tiffany Canady
Notes from meeting:
Auditor from BDO provided IT findings that must be address.
- There is not a formalized policy or procedure in place to document how to revoke user access when an employee is terminated.
- There is not a formalized policy or procedure in place to document how individual user’s access to the network and in-scope applications is reviewed.
Read both the IT electronic systems policy and IT risk and controls booklet.
Received access rights to Portfol (the company developed portfolio software)
Received the password to the database.
Next Week's Objectives:
Review Master Document -Audit Program "Information Technology General System Controls"
Assist John Grailing Database Developer with feature changes/ modifications to Portfol Software
Meet with Portfol Manager to discuss database controls and program change controls.
There are currently no concerns
