IT Flashcards
What does COBIT provide a framwork for?
for IT governance and mgmt of enterprise IT
The process of identifying automated solutions fall under which COBIT control process domain?
Acquire and implement
The process of developing tactics to realize the strategic vision for an IT unit fall withing what control process domain?
Plan and organize
The process of reviewing system response time logs falls within the control process domain
Monitor and evaluate
The process of ensuring security and continuous service falls within..
the delivery and support
The process of authorizing changes, approving tests results, and copying development programs to a production library is…
change control
What is change control
the mgmt of changes to applications is part of the Source program library mgmt system (SPLMS)
What would be most helpful for an untrained user to learn how to change data errors in a database?
user documentation
What is an example of an output control?
distribution of reports
What is the primary function of data security controls?
to ensure that the storage media are subject to authorization prior to access, change, or destruciton
An audit trail is an example of what type of control
processing control
What is a parity check?
designed to detect errors in data transmission
What is the primary purpose of boundary protection?
to prevent the mixing of data on a magnetic memory disc and a core storage unit
What are 3 types of processing controls?
Run to run controls
Internal labels (head and trailer records)
Audit trail controls
What is an echo check?
verifies that transmission between devices is accurate by echoing back the received transmission from the receiving device to the sending unit
Spooling controls
jobs sent to the printer that cannot be printed immediately are spooled - stored temp on a disk- while waiting to be printed. access to this temp storage must be controlled to prevent unauthorized access ti files
What are risks of ecommerce
System availability
Nonrepudiation
Failure of trust in trading partners
Problems assoc with ecommerce include
Est identity and authenticity
Maintaining privacy of customer info
Effecting a secure exchange of payment for G/S
What is electronic data interchange (EDI)?
allows companies to place orders with their suppliers electronically. This reduces the costs assoc with producing, distributing, and managing the paperwork assoc with a traditional ordering system and dramatically reduces the time to receive and process the order
What is the advantage of using a value added network?
it provides increased security for data transmissions
VANs remain the most popular means of managing…
EDI communications
What are EDI transactions between?
between 2 or more businesses
Customer relationship mgmt
Use customer transaction data to facilitate data to facilitate creating individualized marketing plans.
