Yulun Song

True. Greedy is a key that leads them to bend the rules. Someone is greedy to money, someone is greedy to position, someone is greedy to fame. A person who is in a key position of a business or a government position should not only work for benefits of an organization, but also gain positive and true reputation to the entire environment(both…[Read more]

That is true, independence in any types of auditing areas is the most important word to measure the auditors. Many large auditing companies involved economical crimes due to the lack of independence. Even the client is your close friend or family member, we should still keep space to them and do our job properly.

3. A person’s character is very crucial in the audit industry. How would you build your reputation and maintain a good ethical character in this industry?
It is crucial to build reputation and maintain a good ethical character in audit industry. one important element is Do your Job. These three words are really easy to understand but they are h…[Read more]

2. In the Real World Control Failures, we’ve reviewed, describe the character of the leaders involved. Is it a root of the control failures?
It is a root of the control failures, those failures were due to the negligence and failed controls to lead negative results. For example, what I did was Morgan Stanley’s control failure, the internal con…[Read more]

3. When is the cost of implementing a compliance control higher than the benefit obtained? What should an organization do to ensure efficiency and profitability?

Often times, the cost of implementing a compliance control remain a sore point for corporate executives, but consultants say the whirlwind of regulations surrounding businesses means…[Read more]

The automatic control that SAP implement is a great idea. I think by adding this function to existed SAP functions, SAP will become more popular to use and reduce less frauds that human-beings can make.

I ll agree with you Vo! simplicity is the most important point that SAP should focus on. once it becomes simple to use, it will also increase the amount of users and generate more revenue to the company. Security is definitely another point that SAP should focus on. Once the SAP becomes simple to use, it will also reduce some errors that many…[Read more]

That’s a brilliant idea! Working on SAP is too complicated and it is hard to learn. Even you have already learned something, when you work in a real company, its SAP system is still different. So making the entire use of SAP simple and easy to use is a good way to go in the future!

2. (Updated Nov 30) The ERP systems market is very competitive. What should SAP and other ERP systems providers be focusing on to make their systems more competitive in the future?

I would say that SAP and other ERP systems providers should be focusing on to make their systems more competitive in the future by adding more functions. First, SAP…[Read more]

1. (Updated Nov 30) SAP is a world class ERP system provider. If you are an SAP customer – what would you expect them to provide to support your company’s internal controls?

If I am an SAP customer, lets say I am a manager within an organization, I would expect that SAP could not only provide basic uses to our organization, including the cap…[Read more]

one way we can do is to require vendors to meet security standard and monitor with effective auditing, review and approve business continuity and disaster recovery plans of the vendor. if the vendor is international, we need to increase cultural awareness through specialized trainings to avoid the problems from cultural differences.

Nice Post! In addition to the risks, it also includes dubious accessibility, loss of personal touch, substandard security protocols, risks and exposing confidential data, hidden costs, and lack of customer focus.

Nice Post! In addition to the benefits, it also includes risk sharing, reducing operational costs, specialized experts, concentrating on core process rather than the supporting ones, IT resources- sharing!

Nice post! On the other hand, VPN also brings security issues. People can use VPN download movies and musics illegally. and break the rule of locations that may limit access to some areas. It is true that VPN makes people communicate easier and work more efficiently, but those exited threats and risks and potential risks should not be ignored.

Nice post! In addition, VPN makes IP address so that reducing DDOS attacks and possibilities of hacks. it also hides users geo-location, so that can be used to create an impression that the user is browsing from a different location and also allowing to access geo-blocked websites.

Employees can use VPN provided by the company to remotely access resources on their network when they are at home or traveling. They can use VPN to share files, online anonymity, unblock websites and bypass filters, change IP address, better performance and reduce maintenance costs.

Student/worker can use provided VPN from their school or company to access resources on their network when they’re at home or traveling. Other advantages include share files, online anonymity, unblock websites and bypass filters, change IP address, better performance and reduce maintenance costs.

An OS is what manages all the processes, software, and hardware installed in system, and if that were to fail there would be no way to operate the system. Since the OS encompasses so many different aspects of a system, and because it is the software that controls every process on a system, it is vulnerable to many different threats.

Nice post Priya. other common control issues associated with the operating systems may include make a habit of cleaning up the computer on a daily basis and every time that you finish browsing the internet, perform regular operating system patch updates, install updated antivirus engines and software, scrutinize all incoming and outgoing network…[Read more]

good post Daniel, other may include make a habit of cleaning up the computer on a daily basis, or weekly, and every time that you finish browsing the internet, protect regular OS patch updates.