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The 2005 Buyer’s Guide To Audit, Anti-Fraud, and Assurance Software

The 2005 Buyer’s Guide brings together over 500 hours of research of 100 software vendors serving the audit, anti-fraud, and assurance marketplaces. It is the only book of its kind and it’s sure to become an indispensable reference. It comes complete with tools to assist in product selection, as well as, for setting a solid plan in using these powerful technologies.

Features at a Glance:
Saves time in product selection
Summarizes over 500 research hours/100 vendors
Provides implementation best practices
Clearly defines the audit, anti-fraud, and assurance software market
Forecasts industry trends that will affect purchase decisions

   101 ACL Applications - Why reinvent the wheel? This practical guide gives ACL® users everything they need to report on their data immediately!  Select from 101 ready-to-use report templates on disk in the areas of general ledger, payroll, inventory, accounts receivable/payable, access control review, and asset management.  Detailed information with report objectives and audit steps are included with each application, giving users an interactive, hands-on ACL® experience This book:
> walks you through basic reporting concepts
> maps out each command to execute
> equips you with sample data and batches, providing a glimpse of the resulting report prior to the (crunch time) situation
> suggests audit procedures which could be added to existing audit programs within your organization.  With 101 ACL Applications, you have all these things.  The book can be used as a starting point in your journey or as an aid along the way. When used effectively, it will help you break through the "information barrier".  Click here to see the table of contents.  Also note that the Payables Test Set for ACL and the Revenue Test Set for ACL (also available in this store) provide an enhanced set of ACL applications that are driven by ACL's dialog boxes, which make them even easier to run in the field.
   
   Fraud Detection and Cash Recovery Using ActiveData for Excel - The purpose of this 8 hour CPE course is to assist auditors, fraud examiners, and management in implementing data analysis routines using ActiveData for Microsoft Excel. It is hoped that through the dissemination of this new information that more analysis will be done using audit software to prevent and proactively detect organizational inefficiency, ineffectiveness, and fraud. It walks through 16 common fraud detection, cash recovery and audit tests within the accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger audit areas. 
This course will: 1) Introduce you to the powerful combination of ActiveData and Excel, 2) Walk you through basic fraud detection and cash recovery reporting concepts, 3)  Map out each step for the most common of fraud detection, cash recovery and audit tests, 4) Equip you with sample data, providing a glimpse of the resulting report prior to the (crunch time) situation, and 5) Suggest fraud detection and audit procedures to perform on the resulting reports.
   
      Fraud Investigations Using IDEA - Sophisticated data analysis tools are essential to discovering and preventing fraud in large organizations.  This publication will help explain how fraud is applied in an electronic environment and how to prove the fraud case each step of the way from broad data analysis techniques to specific interviewing of employees.  It will also present classic fraud schemes and unique fraud-revealing data analysis concepts. 
   
  Fraud Toolkit - Stop scratching the surface. Unleash today's most sophisticated data analysis techniques to tackle your organization's hidden enemy - fraud.  With minimal preparation and study, even novices in computer-aided auditing can quickly start running powerful tests in ACL.  This out-of-the-box fraud detection kit offers advanced batches that can be quickly customized to meet specific audit needs. Each step is highlighted and explained with screen shots, flow charts, example data tables, and descriptive commentary.
   

   Proactively Detecting Occupational Fraud Using Computer Audit Reports can help auditors worldwide fight fraud using computers. The document will assist auditors, fraud examiners, and management in implementing data analysis routines for improved fraud prevention and detection. To that end, this report provides a comprehensive checklist of data analysis reports that are associated with each type of fraud scheme. It also provides general guidance to help an audit team get started analyzing company data.  Also see the table of contents and the foreword.
   
   Payables Test Set for ACL - Accounts Payable is the #1 area that auditors test for value....and for good reason.  With duplicate payments, untaken discounts, and the high risk of fraud, accounts payable can prove to be the most fruitful value-audit area.  The Payables Test Set presents a comprehensive list of objectives that every audit of the accounts payable function must meet.  Tests are translated into computer-aided audit routines and fully documented, including flowcharts and source code.  And now, for the very first time, auditors can obtain the same comprehensive tests implemented in either ACL™, or IDEA™, the two leading analytical packages.  Within the menu-driven interface you can start doing necessary, worthwhile work within a few minutes of opening either book. Every application is open-ended: you can include additional batches, customize existing ones, create a new interface, whatever you wish.   Read Recent Book Review / Read Another Book Review  Watch the Seven-Minute Video Explaining The Benefits
   
   Revenue Test Set for ACL - Revenue and receivables are the top-rated areas for financial statement fraud.  It can also be an area prone to control weaknesses and inefficiencies.  The Revenue Test Set is a companion volume to the Payables Test Set.  Additional objectives unique to receivables and revenue accounting are covered.  Any standard tests common to both areas are included in both the Payables Test Set and Revenue Test Set, so you can buy one or both according to your requirements.  Tests are implemented in either ACL™ or IDEA™. With the menu-driven interface you can start doing necessary, worthwhile work within a few minutes of opening either book.  Every application is open-ended: you can include additional batches, customize existing ones, create a new interface, whatever you wish.  Watch the Seven-Minute Video Explaining The Benefits
   
  Payables Test Set for IDEA - Accounts Payable is the #1 area that auditors test for value....and for good reason.  With duplicate payments, untaken discounts, and the high risk of fraud, accounts payable can prove to be the most fruitful value-audit area.  The Payables Test Set presents a comprehensive list of objectives that every audit of the accounts payable function must meet.  Tests are translated into computer-aided audit routines and fully documented, including flowcharts and source code.  And now, for the very first time, auditors can obtain the same comprehensive tests implemented in either ACL™, or IDEA™, the two leading analytical packages.  Within the menu-driven interface you can start doing necessary, worthwhile work within a few minutes of opening either book. Every application is open-ended: you can include additional batches, customize existing ones, create a new interface, whatever you wish.   Read Recent Book Review / Read Another Book Review  Watch the Seven-Minute Video Explaining The Benefits
   

   Top Tests Using ActiveData for Excel - Want to get up and running FAST with ActiveData for Excel?  Need to get measurable results for your organization and get the most from your ActiveData for Excel investment?  Want to learn how to practically apply ActiveData for Excel to top audit areas with minimal learning curve?  Then take a look at the Top Audit Tests Using ActiveData for Excel user manual that walks you, step-by-step through popular audit tests in the most popular audit areas: 
>Accounts Payable, 
>Accounts Receivable, 
>General Ledger 
   
Not only that but the guide provides sample data to test your skills prior to using "live" company data. 
    

Using Microsoft Access to Audit Payables for Fraud - Accounts payable have always been a preferred target for fraud by employees. This course will help you gain a clear understanding of the concepts used to audit payables for fraud with Microsoft Access® and why certain tests area more effective than others.  You will learn the following in this 8 hour CPE course: 1) Basic features of Microsoft Access, 2) Types of audit software, 3) Proactive detection of fraud using audit and other planning tools, 4) Four steps needed to request data from a client, 5) How to modify tests for different situations and needs, 6) How identify where vendor payments are going, 7) How to summarize debit memos.  To learn more, watch the sample video (requires Macromedia Flash Player).  Also, see the recent product review on AuditNet
   
  
  

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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