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AuditNet® has partnered with vendors and providers of audit-related books, services and other products. These vendors value the fact that AuditNet® is a central resource for auditors and financial professionals. In order to enhance the value of AuditNet® to users I encourage vendors to offer AuditNet® users an opportunity to save just by visiting the AuditNet® site. The AuditNet® theme of ASK (Auditors Sharing Knowledge) for Progress also translates to ASK for Discounts. Please support the vendors who support AuditNet® through their discount programs. If you have a discount that you can offer AuditNet® users please contact us.
The Auditor's Guide to Internet Resources, 2nd Edition is the only book on the Internet written expressly for internal auditors. Expanded and updated to include the latest Internet trends and resources, the book provides all the Internet competency skills auditors need to become digitally literate. NOTE: AuditNet Audit Program subscribers will receive an electronic copy of The Auditor's Guide to Internet Resources, 2nd Edition
Afentis
Security Consulting - www.afentis.com As an
exclusive offer to AuditNet® clients, Afentis is providing a 15% discount
on the overall value of a Penetration Test or, Security Evaluation
(including, but not restricted to the evaluation of Firewall
devices, Testing of Intrusion Detection Systems, or web-based applications
and programs) or Training & Advisory Services.
Having trouble staying abreast of the latest patches and updates required to keep ahead of the latest security vulnerabilities? Subscribe to 'PatchIT', a unique notification service that is customized to your needs and enjoy a 15% discount in the cost of the annual subscription fee.
'Sec-Gram', the Information Security Newsletter from Afentis, continues to be free, and is required reading for anyone in the security or auditing industry.
Stay up-to-date on the latest security practices and techniques by visiting our Online Resource Centre - featuring the latest news stories, advisories, white papers and security/audit tools.
Have a question on a security related topic? Ask our experts in the online Discussion Forum.
Afentis Security Consulting - www.afentis.com
Data
Analysis Resource Center for Auditors - www.auditsoftware.net
The definitive resource
center on the web for introductory to advanced auditors working with data
analysis products in their audits.
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reasons to use data analysis in audits
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shareware data analysis products
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data analysis articles
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data analysis books
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data analysis training
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vendor product listing
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discounted vendor products
Discounts - Order DATAS for ACL and receive a free Benford's Law book from Global Audit Publications ($75 value) and, for any consulting services provided by auditsoftware.net, receive a 10% discount off the hourly rate.
Axxiom Business Solutions
Axis Risk Management Software for SAP R/3 Restricting access to sensitive
transactions. Restricting access to information. Managing segregation of
duties. Sarbanes-Oxley compliance requirements. Managing controls in SAP
R/3 is a complex task and the consequences of lax controls could be
severe. AuditNet members qualify for a 5% discount on the Axis product. To
receive this discount send an email to
info@axxiominfo.com
Capital Confirmation, Inc. - Fraud Detection & Audit Efficiency
Online confirmation process designed to increase staff realization
rates and increase the detection of fraud within an audit. Where
historically audit clients provided the unvalidated contact information on
confirmations to auditors, Capital Confirmation now provides independent
third-party validated responses to confirmations for the auditor, within
24 hours of the request.
Features include automatic document management, a secure network, the
ability to download the confirmations directly into electronic workpapers
and a rollforward capability that eliminates the preparation time for both
the auditor and the client that is required with traditional manual
paper-based confirmations. The Capital Confirmation service ensures the
auditor is in control and is used by both external and internal auditors
to improve and streamline the confirmation process.
By contacting Clark Hudgins
at Capital Confirmation and mentioning your membership with AuditNet, you
will receive all the benefits of a secure confirmation service for an
AuditNet member discounted price of $25 per confirmation versus the
standard $30 price per confirmation.
CashFlow Guardian: Special Offer for AuditNet.org Members
CashFlow Guardian ("CFG") offers packaged software for Recovery Audit and Audit Control, and AuditNet.org members receive a ten percent (10%) discount off of any CFG products.
The CFG software is built for ease-of-use-- it runs on any Windows laptop, PC or server. CFG takes an A/P data load from any accounting software system, and instantly runs our "canned" rules. One set of rules is for Recovery Audit-- the software automatically checks for duplicate payments, incorrect freight, missed discounts, etc. You then review these flagged items, and the software facilitates recovery from vendors by making the finding easy to print/fax/email. So instead of A/P "leakage" of .1-.5% per year (the industry average), you can bring this down to zero.
Another set of rules is for Audit Control-- you take an A/P and an A/R dataload, and CFG automatically scans your data and reports on adherence to audit objectives (e.g., Sarbanes-Oxley).
To obtain the 10% discount, you must be an AuditNet.org member, and then use the following code upon checkout from the CFG online store at www.CashFlowGuardian.com: AUDITNET_ORG.
The
Disaster Recovery Toolkit is intended to help you perform a review and
audit of your contingency and back-up arrangements. It comprises a series
of items supplied in both PDF and RTF (for MS-Word/etc) formats. AuditNet
users qualify for a discounted price. Click here
for the special discount order form for AuditNet users.
FraudDetectives.com - http://www.frauddetectives.com FraudDETECTIVES Consultant Network, the premier Web source for locating leading Forensic CPAs, Certified Fraud Examiners, Certified Turnaround Professionals, Crisis Managers, Litigation Specialists, and Bankruptcy Professionals is offering a 10% discount to AuditNet users for listing in their database of preferred FraudDETECTIVE consultants.
The Journal of Forensic Accounting (JFA) is dedicated to
promoting excellence in forensic accounting. The journal is an independent
international forum for the publication of significant investigative and
forensic accounting research, seeking to establish a balance between
theoretical and empirical studies, and striving to foster
practitioner-academic dialogue and collaboration. Papers on fraud and
fraud auditing, risk assessment, detection of earnings manipulation and
tax evasion, bankruptcy studies, GAAP violation, financial statement
fraud, internal auditing, litigation support, and the underground economy
are solicited. In addition, papers on particular techniques, technologies,
and preventative controls are invited and strongly encouraged. Submitted
research should be grounded in real-world business problems faced by
practitioners, entity stakeholders, and educators.
The institutional subscription rate to JFA is $239.00 per year
(includes postage).
Auditors can now access a USB driven software audit tool that does not require installation and audit attached PCs in less than 5 minutes per PC WITHOUT having to install any software or change configurations. The audit executable is 75K in size.
Are Software Compliance Audits Costing You an Arm and a Leg?
Are you having difficulty with software compliance audits taking an inordinate amount of time, chewing up bandwidth and never getting completed? OR You are tired of paying annual maintenance fees for upgrades, and have an audit team wandering around doing the task and it is costing you an arm and a leg to do the audit, then you need to read on!
The audit reports located at this link were generated on an XPPro machine inside 3 minutes WITHOUT using any database or library/signature files from a very small executable - 75K in size!
Benefit from the reduced price offer located here from PCProfile that offers a software inventory tool that does not require installation and can be run from a USB drive without interference or network degradation. Microsoft tactics to be aware of as auditors outlines issues faced with Microsoft launching a license verification program recently in UK that has wide reaching implications for smaller and medium sized organizations. More details on the audit tool offered can be located at http://www.pcprofile.com/auditbaselinev4.htm
Pleier Corporation offers ADM PLUS Audit Management Systems that
automates long range planning, risk management, time reporting,
recommendation tracking, executive reporting, and audit management
analyses. Free full-featured evaluation versions are available for
download at www.pleier.com.
Pleier Corporation also offers a number of cost-effective CD-based publications and training that now includes:
- 21st Century Audit Management - Opportunities and Challenges
- Auditing Fraud
- Control Self Assessment
- Internal Auditor Toolkit
- Modern Integrated Audit Approach - new
- Risk Management: Best Practices
- Risk Management and Risk Assessment - new
- Systems Analysis & Design - new
Each CD is $95 to $150 (plus shipping and handling of
$10 each shipment in North America - $20 outside North America).
Discounts are available for the purchase of 5 or more CD's. Previews
of all CD's are available at
www.pleier.com.
Presentation packaging, appropriate for gifts such as speakers' and "thank
you" gifts, can be requested at no additional cost when purchasing 4 of
more CD's.
AuditNet users qualify for a 10% discount. To take
advantage of this offer just mention that you are an AuditNet user when
ordering.
RothStein Disaster Recovery Resources - "THE DEFINITIVE HANDBOOK OF BUSINESS CONTINUITY MANAGEMENT, edited by Andrew Hiles and Peter Barnes, is now available from The Rothstein Catalog On Disaster Recovery (www.rothstein.com). If you would like a complimentary CD-ROM containing the current catalog send an email requests to info@rothstein.com and include postal mail address.
SekChek offers AuditNet
Sheetware, maker of
XDrill
software that answers one of the most common yet difficult to answer
questions about a spreadsheet: "Where does that number come from?".
XDrill
makes it all much easier:
- simply point and click on any number in a spreadsheet, even on a chart, to find out where it comes from
- moves seamlessly between worksheets, workbooks and even over corporate Intranets or the Internet
- the workings of other people's spreadsheets laid out in a simple, easy to follow format - a key benefit for auditors
- uses patent pending Intelligent Drilling technology to make sure you only see the relevant figures, making your work faster and easier
- find "hidden" inputs - numbers stored in formulas rather than shown in cells of their own - the leading cause of spreadsheet errors.
You can get a free 30 day trial copy of XDrill by clicking here
AuditNet® users will receive a 25% discount on the professional edition of XDrill. In order to claim this discount, you need to purchase via a page specially for AuditNet users which can be found here.
Special Publication Discounts Exclusively for AuditNet® Members!
AuditNet®
has arranged for special member on selected publications and services from
Thompson Publishing Group. Thompson is the publisher of more than 60
looseleaf compliance manuals and online information services for
professionals. Through this arrangement,
Click on www.thompson.com/auditnet
to learn about Thompson, its publications and how to save up to 20 percent
on these valuable services. You can also call Thompson's customer service
number 1-800-677-3789 for more information. Be sure to mention the
Stephen
Page, author of Establishing a System of Policies and Procedures,
Achieving 100% Compliance of Policies and Procedures, 7 Steps to
Better Written Policies and Procedures and Best Practices in Policies
and Procedures offers his books to AuditNet users at a substantial
discount off the list price. Check out the books by clicking
here. Send the author an
email for discount information.
White-Collar Crime Fighter, www.wccfighter.com
the only source of exclusive, authoritative "how-to" information
for financial crime fighters offers AuditNet users a discounted subscription
rate (Just mention that you
heard about the publication through AuditNet when placing your order).