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Information technology audit: Employment and Training Corporation [Malta Independent, The](Malta Independent, The Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) The Auditor General issued another Information Technology Audit Report today. The Report deals with the overall operational effectiveness of the Information Technology (IT) and Information Systems (IS) currently being used by the Employment and Training Corporation (ETC). One of the principal aims of this Report was to collect and analyse evidence to determine whether the ETC has the necessary controls to ensure that their IT and IS maintain data integrity, safeguard assets, allow organisational goals to be achieved effectively and are conducive to making efficient use of the Corporation's IT related resources. During this extensive audit, the NAO reviewed 13 software applications presently used by the Corporation as well as the entity's e-Forms, Website, and Facebook page. The audit report includes a number of key findings and recommendations related, amongst other things, to the need for a formally documented ICT strategy, IT system manuals, as well as the increased usage of e-Forms. Furthermore, the NAO examined the Corporation's IT operations and made recommendations regarding the more efficient use of existing multifunction printers whose full potential is not being exploited, the need for backup logs and improved physical security in some ETC branches. The NAO also made recommendations on information security. In this regard, the NAO suggested that an IT Business Impact Analysis and an IT Risk Assessment exercise is carried out as early as possible so that an IT Business Continuity Plan for the entity can be drafted and eventually adopted by the Corporation. The NAO is satisfied that a number of the above-mentioned recommendations are already being implemented as stated in the management comments presented by the ETC. A copy of the Report is available in the publications section of the NAO website ( www.nao.gov.mt). (c) 2013 Standard Publications Ltd. All rights reserved. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). |