Global Payment Inc. Security Breach Case Study Lovepreet Dhaliwal DeVry University Accounting Information System Professor Douglas Letsch Douglas The case study I choose to look at was the one that happened to be just recently that occurred March of last year 2012, where a company by the name of Global Payments Inc., whom is a processor company for credit and debit card for Visa and MasterCard’s
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INTERNAL CONTROLS AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A CASE OF MEDIPONT INDUSTRIES LIMITED BY OCHOGE JOHN 05/U/9462/EXT SUPERVISOR MR. NZIBONERA ERIC A RESEARCH REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF COMMERCE OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY JUNE 2011 DECLARATION I, Ochoge John, declare that this research report is my original work. It has not been submitted to any other university or higher institution
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report on the degree of correspondence between the information and established criteria. Auditing should be done by a competent, independent person. “The auditing profession offers a wide range of employment opportunities for new accountants. Most accounting firms offer client services in three areas: auditing, tax, and consulting. A new accountant might be hired to work in any of these areas. In the audit area, the accountant may work for a variety of clients including private or public companies,
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Career Path for Accounting Studies It is always so hard to give the exact number of people who have majored in accounting, but one thing that I know is that the demography is very wide and large. This is because they have different reasons for majoring in this career path. The most common reason to all people is because accounting is a marketable career and they merely want to find a job. The number of people majoring in this field is growing immensely and the most important thing is to consider
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prevent unauthorized access, alteration, theft, or physical damage to information systems • Controls: • Methods, policies, and organizational procedures that ensure safety of organization’s assets; accuracy and reliability of its accounting records; and operational adherence to management standards Why Systems Are Vulnerable • Hardware problems • Breakdowns, configuration errors, damage from improper use or crime • Software problems • Programming errors
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SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co. (SGV & Co.) SGV & Co. is currently the Philippines' largest multidisciplinary professional services firm with eight offices across the country. The Firm employs over 3,200 professionals from various disciplines delivering value-added services to over 5,000 esteemed clients. We provide integrated solutions that draw on diverse and deep competencies in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. We uphold the highest standards of quality. In fact, SGV &
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SCHEMATIC EVALUATION OF INTERNAL ACCOUNTING CONTROL SYSTEMS Kuo-Tay Chen* and Ronald M. Lee# * Department of Management Purdue University at Calumet Hammond, IN 46323 U.S.A. chenk@pucal.bitnet # Erasmus University Research Institute for Decision and Information Systems (EURIDIS) Erasmus University Rotterdam The Netherlands rlee@fac.fbk.eur.nl ERASMUS UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DECISION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Schematic Evaluation of Internal Accounting Control Systems by Kuo-Tay Chen
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CARRIED OUT AND SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING, FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY, OSOGBO NIGERIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCES (B.Sc) DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING JULY 2013 1 CERTIFICATION It is certified that this research project, written by Amoo Temitope Grace with matriculation number ACT/2009/0036 was supervised by me and submitted to the Department of Accounting, Faculty of management sciences. Osun State University
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reporting), Inventory or cost accounting department Internal Audit and Financial Planning and Analysis. Typically accountants compile data and record transactions through journal entries. They also analyze results and make recommendations on process improvements. There are many different kinds of accountants...some of the careers overlap and some don't. Your level of education/experience will determine how much money you make. FINANCIAL/MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING Staff accountants are employed
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Evaluate the obligation Flayton Electronics has to its customers to protect their private data. Flayton Electronics does have a moral and legal obligation to its customers to protect their private data. Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, prohibits deceptive and unfair trade practices. Under the FTC Act, businesses must handle consumer information in a way that is consistent with their promises to their customers such as what they say in their online privacy policy, and avoid data
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