SAP Controls & Best Practices

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1 To make sure you receive future s,please add to your address book or safe list. Monthly Newsletter Published by ISACA NJ Chapter Volume 2013, Number 3 SAP Controls & Best Practices Wednesday & Thursday March 13 & 14, :00 AM 4:30 PM AVAYA Inc. 211 Mount Airy Road, Basking Ridge, NJ This training course is for individuals who want to be able to analyze and explore the audit challenges inherent in SAP R/3 and SAP ECC during implementation, delivery, and processing. The course will focus on an audit toolkit required to perform audit tasks that are necessary for internal and external auditors. Participants will gain an understanding of the technical and structured features that are available in SAP to gain an understanding of SAP User Administration, default settings, integrity configuration, SAP security, and SAP segregation of duties. The course includes lectures, documentation, and examples of SAP applications. Attendees will better manage SAP risks by learning key controls for the following topics: SAP Product Overview Session Navigation Within SAP Session Organization Model and Importance Session SAP Security Session SAP BASIS An Audit Point of View Session SAP Risk Areas Session SAP Project Overview Session Financial FI Overview Session Segregation of Duties Session For more information and to register to attend this event, click here.

2 Thursday, April 4 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM Marriott Courtyard 3769 Route 46 East, Parsippany, NJ Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: IT Audit Perspective, Certification, and Career Options Super Storm Sandy has put BC/DR as a priority item for Business and IT executives once again. Auditors are being asked to evaluate current BC/DR Programs and offer suggestions to strengthen existing programs. Be sure to reserve your seat to be part of a lively discussion featuring Harvey Betan, an industry leader in BC/DR. To learn more and register to attend, click here. COBIT 5 Wednesday, April 10 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Hanover Manor 16 Eagle Rock Ave, East Hanover, NJ Chances are you re one of the nearly 60,000 people and counting who ve downloaded COBIT 5. Or perhaps you ve been planning to download the revolutionary new framework but aren t quite sure how to begin implementing it. You may have even wished there was an ISACA trainer available to help walk you through the implementation process and give you detailed instruction on how COBIT 5 can best help your organization. Good news: there is! For more information and to register to attend this session, click here.

3 Control Issues in Cloud Computing Thursday, April 18 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Chubb & Son 15 Mountain View Road, Warren, NJ The NJ ISACA and the CNJ IIA Chapters' Cloud Computing seminar on February 20th was sold out and we had to turn away those on our Wait Lists. Good News - the NJ ISACA Chapter (in collaboration with the CNJ IIA Chapter) has scheduled a repeat performance! Cloud computing is the layman s term for technology that control professionals have grappled with individually as they were introduced into enterprise infrastructure: grid, cloud, utility computing, virtualization, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), and Software as a Service (SaaS). SaaS-like acronyms have been employed to differentiate Infrastructure and Platform clouds (i.e., IaaS and PaaS) from cloud services which offer only end-user application software. Cloud environments may be hosted both internally and externally, but the concept of cloud typically refers not just to the technology but also to the fact that the technology is outsourced. These types of outsourcing arrangements may be large-scale or small-scale. This seminar introduces the technology control professional to various perspectives on cloud computing and recommends approaches to minimize enterprise risk. For further information and to register to attend this session, click here. NJ ISACA Seeks New Jersey Photos for Our Chapter Website We're getting close to the beginning of Spring. Do you have a special photo showing a Spring scene in NJ that you d like to share? Send it to us and it may show up on our chapter website home page! Send

4 your photo to by March 22, Your should include your name, phone number, address, and the specific location where the photo was taken. The photo must be taken by you or a family member. Send a separate for each photo. No more than three entries per member. Photos must be a 500 px size jpg in landscape orientation. Chapter Sponsors Wanted Our chapter is looking for sponsors of online media advertisements for various events, activities, and publications. Opportunities also exist to advertise in our printed programs for the Annual General Membership Meeting and the Easter Region ISACA Chapters' Conference. If you can put us in touch with the decision makers in your organization, please contact Naved Rehman and Yolanda Baker at sponsorship@njisaca.org. Join Our Linkedin Groups Membership in the group continues to grow. We currently have over 720 members who can share contact information, post questions and comments, and view job postings. Membership crosses all levels of experience and seniority in the profession. Don't miss this opportunity to interact with your fellow professionals. Check us out here. Follow our chapter events and latest news on Facebook. Join a Knowledge Center Community There are many benefits to joining a community in the Knowledge Center, including the opportunity to become a topic leader. Each topic area contains all available ISACA resources on that specific topic, including documents, events and ISACA Journal articles. In addition, when ISACA members join the community, they can participate in discussions, add documents and links, and contribute to wikis. With more than 10,000 unique members, the Knowledge Center is a meeting place to interact with other ISACA members worldwide, browse more than 100 topics, find resources and connect with members. Featured topics include two of the Knowledge Center s most recent additions: Big Data and COBIT 5 Use It Effectively. Please encourage your members to visit the Knowledge Center and participate in the ISACA communities.

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