GSK: EC LEC 8
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Applications Development | Architecture & Infrastructure | Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems | Customer Relationship Management (CRM) | Data Warehouses | Distributed Systems | Electronic Commerce | Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) | Ethics and IT | Fraud| Future of IT | Global IS | Hardware & Software | IT Infrastructure | Knowledge Management | Legal & Privacy Issues | Networks | Project Management | Resource Management & Outsourcing | Security & Asset Protection | Strategic IS Planning | Wireless Systems


Applications Development

Principles of SDLC.

Approaching Applications Development.

RAD.

Rapid Development for Complex Apps.

CASE Tools Acceptance.

User Centered CASE Tools.

XP: A Gentle Introduction.

XP_Simplicity, but with Control.

Developers Approach Extreme Programming with Caution.

State of the Art Web Development.


Architecture & Infrastructure

Choosing an IT Architecture.

Open source takes hold.


AI & Expert Systems

Expert Systems.

Catching Up with Expert Systems.

Expert Systems.


Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

CRM Checklist for Success.

Successful Customer-Relationship Management.

OR and ERP.


Data Warehouses & Data Mining

Information please.

An introduction to data mining part 1.

An intro to data mining part 2.

The data warehouse and data mining.

Data mining glossary.


Distributed Systems

How to manage distributed systems.

IO strategies Live distributed or die.

From star to snowflake to ERD.


Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Merging EDI with JIT The Impact on U.S. Manufacturing.


Electronic Commerce

Business-to-Business E-Commerce: Models and Managerial Decisions.
B2B Has Ignored Basic Marketing Principles.
Guidance for choosing B2B Exchanges, Partners.
Guide to E-Business.
E-Coms and Their Marketing Strategies.

B2B E-Commerce

Business-to-Business E-Commerce: Models and Managerial Decisions.***

B2B Has Ignored Basic Marketing Principles.

Guidance for choosing B2B Exchanges, Partners.

E-commerce in 2001.


Ethics and IT

Doing IT E-Right.

Six Patterns Account For Almost All Litigation.
The Web of Privacy: Business in the Information Age.
PeopleSoft Project Ends in Court.
Disaster Recovery Planning.
Do Consumers Really Care about Online Privacy?.
Doing IT E-Right.

Doing the Right Thing.

Learning IT Right from Wrong.


Fraud & CyberCrime

Analysis
A Guide to Computer Crime and Prevention

Computer Security Resources Site

Auditing with Computers (.doc)

Computer Log Analyzers (.pdf)

Use of CAATs (.doc)

CAAT Data Downloading Guide (.pdf)

Electronic Testing and Evidence Gathering (.doc)

Evidentiary Authentication with EnCase (.pdf)

Following the E-Mail Trail (.pdf)

Fraud Red Flags (.doc)

Information Technology Risk Warning Signs (.doc)

Irrational Ratios (.doc)

Tracing An Email (.mht)

Using Excel as an Audit Software (.pdf)

Forms
Consent to Record Form (.pdf)

Consent to Search Form (.pdf)

Evidence Control Log Form (.pdf)

Fraud Response
First Responders Guide (.pdf)

Fraud Response Plan (.doc)

Incident Response Best Practices (.pdf)

New Incident Response and Fraud Investigation (.pdf)

Management & Governance
ACFE Fraud Prevention Checkup (.pdf)

COBIT (.pdf)

Computer Forensics as a Part of the Enterprise (.pdf)

Copyright and Law Enforcement's Use of Seized Computers (.pdf)

Corporate Espionage (.pdf)

Defense in Depth (.pdf)

Disaster Recovery Planning.

Fraud Deterrence (.pdf)

Information Technology Controls (.pdf)

Internal Audit Responsibility in Detecting Fraud (.doc)

ISACA Model Curriculum Compliance Grid (.doc)

IS Standards, Guidelines, and Procedures for Auditing and Control Professionals(.pdf)

IT Control Objectives for Sarbanes-Oxley 2nd (.pdf)

Management of IT Auditing (.pdf)

Sarbanes-Oxley IT Compliance Audit of an Outsourced Company(.pdf)

Unique Problems of Computer Ethics (.pdf)

Practice & Procedures
An Introduction to Computer Auditing (.pdf)

Auditing Application Controls (.pdf)

Auditing IT Vulnerabilities (.pdf)

Auditing Network Security (.pdf)

Auditing Privacy Risks (.pdf)

Auditors Guide to Tests using Benfords Law (.pdf)

Effective use of Benford's Law in Detecting Fraud (.pdf)

Change and Patch Management Controls (.pdf)

Continuous Auditing (.pdf)

Detecting Fraud in Data Using Automatic Intervention Device (.pdf)

Identity and Access Management (.pdf)

Principles of Computer Assisted Audit Techniques (.pdf)

Reports & Surveys

ACFE Report to the Nations 2010(.pdf)

Global Information Security Survey 2008(.pdf)

CSI Survey 2007 (.pdf)

Database Security 2007: Threats & Priorities (.pdf)

Gap Analysis Report 2004 (.pdf)

KPMG Forensic Fraud Survey 2003 (.pdf)

Intellectual Property and White Collar Crime Survey (.pdf)

National Public White Collar Crime Survey 2004 (.pdf)

NIST Risk Management Guide for IT (.pdf)

NIST Securing IT Systems 1996 (.pdf)

Future IT

Top 10 Technologies--Plus 5 for Tomorrow.


GLOBAL IS

Read the following articles:
Information Systems Go Global.

The Role of the Information Center in Multinational Corporations.

Information Systems and Transborder Data Flow.


Hardware & Software

The following files have been extracted from the online site, Karbosguide. These files offer an excellent overview of PC hardware and software.
The information is copyrighted and should not be distributed.

About data

Character tables

PC system board

Boot process and system bus

I/O buses

Chipsets

RAM

Drives

Hard disks

CD ROM

ZIP etc

Tape streamers


IT Infrastructure

Choosing an IT Architecture.
Open source takes hold.


IT Investment & Firm Performance
Impact of IT on Performance
IT Investment and Performance


Knowledge Management

Knowledge management market to hit $5 billion.

Why no one wants knowledge management.

Knowledge management competitive advantages.

BotKnowledge.


Legal & Privacy Issues

Read the following articles:
Six Patterns Account For Almost All Litigation.

The Web of Privacy: Business in the Information Age.

PeopleSoft Project Ends in Court.

Do Consumers Really Care about Online Privacy?.


Networks

Go to: Webopedia and read about:
(a) ATM (b) Frame Relay (c) DSL (d) Network Operating System (e) Servers (f) Server Types.
Under Server Types read (a) Server Platforms (b) Application Servers (c) Groupware (d) Mail Servers (e) Proxy Servers and (f) Web Servers


Project Management

Census 2000 (pdf)

Census 2001 (pdf)

PM in the IS and IT Industries (pdf)

Hidden Treasure in Business Processes (pdf)

Learning to Successfully Manage Teams and Delegate Work

IT is Not Responsible for Project Failures

Project Management Tips for IT Implementations

Fundamental Principles of Project Management

Which Kind of Experience Do You Need for Your Next Project

AT&T Wireless Self-Destructs

Best Practices for Project Management Offices

Benchmarking IT Benefits (pdf)

Anticipating Disruptive Innovation (pdf)

Collaborative Planning and Management Framework (pdf)

IT in the Public Sector (pdf)

Building the Business IT Relationship Through KM (pdf)

Project Planning and IT Maturity (pdf)

How IT Fixed London

PM_Methodology first, tech second.

Project Office.

Workplace Transformation.

Where project managers are kings.

Working Together, Apart

Michael Greer's PM Resources.

XP: A Gentle Introduction.

Principles of SDLC

RAD


Resource Management & Outsourcing

IT Budgets.

Build vs. buy.

Service level agreements

How will you integrate technology with business

Managing the risks of outsourced IT.


Strategic IS Planning (SISP)

Read the following articles:
Integrating technology into strategic planning.

Core IS capabilities for exploiting information technology.

The Top 10 categories in which an enterprise can create competitive advantage!***


Security & Asset Protection

Disaster Recovery Planning.


Wireless Systems

Wireless software aggregates Web data.

Asia seen as test bed for wireless tech.



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Last Revised: Mar1, 2002 by G. S. Kearns
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