Capt. Horatio T.P. Webb |
DISC 4397/7375 Transaction Processing III Parks -- Spring 2008 Version 5 -- Last Updated 7:30 AM 2/11/2008 |
||||||
NOTICES: Applications developed for this site assume Microsoft's Internet
Explorer browser Version 6 or higher
|
|||||||
| COURSE SUMMARY: | This course is the final course in a the transaction processing sequence. The focus of this course is on information technology controls. The first part of the course introduces the technology of transaction processing systems and their relationship to IT controls in design, operation and sudit. Standards such as COBIT, COSO, ITIL and SOX are discussed in relation to the technology. | ||||||
| TEXT: | Textbook will NOT be used until the fourth week Information Technology Control and Audit (2nd Edition) by Sandra Allen-Senft , Daniel P. Manson, Frederick Gallegos ISBN: 0849320321 COBIT(2.6 meg pdf here) |
||||||
| OFFICE HOURS: | MW 1-2:30 280E Melcher Hall or by appointment 713-743-4729 |
||||||
| GRADING: | All grading issues are handled in-person during office hours. Do not send e-mail to the instructor regarding any grading issue. Grades assigned for drops after MON JAN 28 (last day to drop without receiving a grade) will be based on your current class grade. If you have a failing grade at the time of the drop, you will receive an F otherwise a W. | ||||||
| DATE | TOPIC | ASSIGNMENT | |||||
| TUE JAN 15 | Transaction Processing History
Early Batch Systems |
||||||
| TUE JAN 22 | Enterprise Systems
Client-Server Overview
Mapping to COBIT & COSO & SOX See the ITAudit website or ITGI's version IT Control Objectives for Sarbanes-Oxley (a 890K pdf) |
||||||
| TUE JAN 29 | Client-side Transaction Systems Issues |
||||||
| TUE FEB 5 | Server-Side Transaction Systems Design and Operation |
||||||
| TUE FEB 12 | SQL and Back-end Considerations |
||||||
| TUE FEB 19 | Security Backup & Recovery
IT Controls (a short list)
|
||||||
| TUE FEB 26 | OSI 7 Layer Model TCP/IP Ethernet Firewall ABC's |
||||||
| TUE MAR 4 | COBIT Controls Questionnaires By Protiviti (password required) COBIT Sections:
General Controls and Application Controls See the readable version at: IT Assurance Guide (COBIT) This covers COBIT:
|
||||||
| TUE MAR 11 |
COSO ERM (IIA slides) |
COSO Summary (from www.erm.coso.org) ERM - Control Environment Questionnaire ERM - Info and Communication Questionnaire ERM - Monitoring - Control Questionnaire ERM - Risk Assessment - Control Questionnaire |
|||||
| TUE MAR 18 | Spring Holiday | ||||||
| TUE MAR 25 | XBRL An XBRL summary XBRL.ORG http://www.xbrl.org/Home/ XBRL 2.1 Presentation Taxonomy US GAAP - Commercial and Industrial Short Example Microsoft Example |
SGML overview Gentle Intro to SGML Parks' XML Coding Pages: XML in traditional ASP: The XML DTD Receiving and Displaying XML on the Client Creating XML on the Client (this is AJAX see here) IE Example AJAX for GL Account Query
Cross Browser Example AJAX for GL Account Query
Receiving and Creating XML on the Server Sending XML from the Server to the Client Boatwright & Higdon's Complete XML example Walking the XML tree Example AJAX for GL Account Query |
|||||
| TUE APR 1 |
ITIL
|
ITIL V3 Overview Sue Conger's ITIL Overview |
|||||
| TUE APR 8 |
| ||||||
| TUE APR 15 |
|
||||||
| TUE APR 22 |
|
Cases: (http://www.sao.state.tx.us/Reports/report.cfm/report/05-010) (http://www.sao.state.tx.us/Reports/report.cfm/report/06-012) |
|||||
| IMPORTANT DATES | |||||||
| MON JAN 21 | Martin Luther King Holiday | ||||||
| MON JAN 28 | Last Day to Drop without receiving a grade. | ||||||
| MON-WED MAR 17-22 | Spring Holiday | ||||||
| TUE APR 1 | Last Day to Drop or Withdraw | ||||||