ACC 676 Module One Activity Guidelines and Rubric

Scenario

You are an IT auditor who also maintains your organization's blog regarding the future of auditing. Your supervisor has asked you to write a blog post aimed at future IT auditors in which you will describe the role of an IT auditor and key control areas related to an AIS. Your supervisor has also asked you to include some of the challenges IT auditors face as technology has evolved, technical skills new IT auditors will need to be successful in the field, and the role of continuous auditing in IT audits.

This activity will help you with Project One, where you will be required to analyze the impact of using an information technology auditor in an organization.

Directions

You will use the knowledge you gained from this module's resources to consider the future of auditing and the technological skills this field requires. You will create a blog post that describes the future of IT auditing.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

1. Describe the role of an IT auditor as it relates to an accounting information system's internal controls.
2. Explain the control areas that an IT auditor should focus on when evaluating an AIS.
3. Describe the challenges that IT auditors face in the digital era.
4. Describe the technical skills that IT auditors need to successfully audit in the digital era.
5. Determine why IT auditors use continuous auditing