Seminar on IT Auditing

Date: February 22, 2011
Place: Hotel Millenium

The Doha Chapter and The Institute of Internal Auditors, Qatar Chapter jointly hosted a seminar on “IT Auditing–Risk Management and Information Security”. The event was attended by more than 100 members from the two institutions. CA R. Vittal Raj, Director, Pristine Consulting Private Limited, Chennai, India was the keynote speaker. Through his presentation, CA R. Vittal Raj explained how the innovations in Information Technology and advancement of e-Commerce have rapidly changed the threat scenarios and security paradigms of organizations, especially in terms of leakage of vital information.

“Security of enterprise information is a key business risk that must be carefully analysed, assessed, evaluated and mitigated when implementing and maintaining IT systems” said CA R. Vittal Raj. He went on to explain why it was critical to involve business in IT risk analysis and integrateit into the Enterprise Risk Management Framework.