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Robert E. Davis

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August 25, 1955 in Philadelphia, The United States

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http://community.mis.temple.edu/redavis/

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Nonfiction, Computers & Internet, Business & Investing

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Irvin N. Gleim (University of Illinois)
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Robert E. Davis obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting and Business Law and a Master of Business Administration degree in Management Information Systems from Temple and West Chester University; respectively. In addition, during his twenty years of involvement in education, Robert acquired Postgraduate and Professional Technical licenses in Computer Science and Computer Systems Technology. Robert also obtained the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) certificate -- after passing the 1988 Information Systems Audit and Control Association’s rigorous three hundred and fifty multiple-choice questions examination; and was conferred the Certified Internal Controls Auditor (CICA) certificate by the Institute for...more

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An overview of IT service delivery and support - part 3

As discussed in IT Service Management and IT Governance: Review, Comparative Analysis and their Impact on Utility Computing, when evolving from technology providers into strategic partners, IT organizational units generally fellow a three stage...

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Books by Robert E. Davis

Average rating: 4.89 · 45 ratings · 1 review · 18 distinct works

	Assuring IT Governance 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Information Systems Auditing: The IS Audit Testing Process 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Auditing Information Security Management 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008	My rating:
	IT Auditing: An Adaptive Process 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Davis CISA Study System 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	My rating:
	IT Auditing: IT Governance (IT Auditing, #4) 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	IT Auditing: IT Service Delivery and Support 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008	My rating:
	IT Auditing: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	My rating:
	Assuring IT Legal Compliance 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Ensuring Information Assets Protection 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:

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IT Auditing: An Adaptive System (Computers & Internet)

1 chapters — updated Aug 16, 2011 06:41pm

Description: Since the publication of “IT Auditing: An Adaptive Process”, audit standards and guidelines have been added or revised to establish a new baseline for performing assurance services. These pronouncements have made parts of my original edition incomplete. Thus, "IT Auditing: An Adaptive System" has additional detail information necessary to bridge this knowledge gap by updating all of the following chapters: Chapter 1 Planning Chapter 2 Study and Evaluation of Controls Chapter 3 Testing and Evaluating Chapter 4 Reporting Historically, ISACA’s audit standards and guidelines did not include statements addressing assurance follow-up mandatory requirements and practice recommendations. Therefore, in response to these changes, another chapter was written to accommodate the addition of ISACA’s standard and guideline regarding the follow-up process. This new chapter is consistent with generally accepted follow-up procedures as well as ISACA’s standards and guidelines.

IT Auditing: Assuring Information Assets Protection (Computers & Internet)

2 chapters — updated Apr 09, 2011 08:11am

Description: "IT Auditing: Assuring Information Assets Protection" provides a proven approach to assessing IT security frameworks, architectures, methods, and techniques. In terms of content, this publication converts selected audit standards and guidelines into practical applications using detailed examples and conceptual graphics. This publication also allows auditors and security professionals to understand various steps and processes required to adequately initiate, document, and compile information assets protection audit or review phases. Through this publication, auditors and security professionals will acquire an appreciation for the complexities associated with assuring information security programs.

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Robert Davis is currently reading:

Auditor's Guide to Information Systems Auditing [With CDROM]

by Richard E. Cascarino

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Robert Davis wrote IT Auditing: Assuring Information Assets Protection: Information Security Governance "Security Management: First-Tier Governance Development Organizationally, governance is the system by" …more
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Robert Davis marked as to-read: Swanson on Internal Auditing: Raising the Bar by Dan Swanson	My rating:
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Robert Davis is currently reading: Auditor's Guide to Information Systems Auditing [With CDROM] by Richard E. Cascarino	My rating:
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Robert Davis made a comment in the group Q&A with Robert E. Davis, MBA, CISA, CICA — Assuring IT Governance topic "Depending on the abstraction level, IT governance can be viewed as a framework, methodology, or technique. As a framework, IT governance enables a “sy...more "
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“Information technology (IT) assets must be protected from external and internal activities detrimental to effective and efficient functionality.”
― Robert E. Davis, Ensuring Information Assets Protection

tags: iap , information-assets-protection , information-security-governance , information-security-management , isg , ism

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“Developing and implementing IT governance design effectiveness and efficiency can be a multidirectional, interactive, iterative, and adaptive process.”
― Robert E. Davis, IT Auditing: IT Governance

tags: decision-making , feedback-control , goals , internal-control-systems , itg , management , monitoring , objectives , organizing , planning , policy-enforcement , policy-formation

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“To competently perform rectifying security service, two critical incident response elements are necessary: information and organization.”
― Robert E. Davis

tags: cyber-security , firewall , isms , mis , network-security , risk-management

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“Considering what is at stake politically, economically and technically for most organizations; usually justifying IT governance deployment based on one viewpoint narrows suitability and expected benefits.”
― Robert E. Davis

tags: economics , management-structures , politics , technology

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“Laws continue to be enacted, and the regulatory environment has become more complex due to unacceptable conduct remediation. Consequently, entities continue to be compelled to demonstrate compliance with legal mandates through documented assurance assessments.”
― Robert E. Davis, Assuring IT Legal Compliance

tags: assurance , audit , compliance , governance , it , laws , policies , practices , procedures , regulations , reviews

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“Potential stakeholders usually rely upon governance elements prior to investing their time, talent, and/or money.”
― Robert E. Davis, IT Auditing: Assuring Information Assets Protection

tags: governance , governance-tree , information-security-governance , isg , it-governance , itg

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“Since knowledge and ideas are an important part of cultural heritage, social interaction and business transactions, they retain a special value for many societies. Logically, if the associated electronically formatted information is valued, preventive and detective measures are necessary to ensure minimum organizational impact from an IPR security breach.”
― Robert E. Davis, IT Auditing: Assuring Information Assets Protection

tags: governance , governance-tree , information-security-governance , isg , it-governance , itg

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tags: decision-making , feedback-control , goals , internal-control-systems , itg , management , monitoring , objectives , organizing , planning , policy-enforcement , policy-formation

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