In today’s environment there is an ever-increasing reliance on Information Technology (IT) and business and communication processes are highly automated. In addition business processes are often complex, interdependent, and integrated with IT systems. As a result, controls around and within IT systems have become critical to business and financial reporting.
This session is designed to provide Auditors, CFO’s, Finance and Accounting personnel with an understanding of key risks and controls related to application systems including business processes, application security, transaction integrity, balancing and reconciliations as well as IT general controls that support the critical aspects of application processing.

Bhavesh Vadhani works with the Risk Services Group at Watkins, Meegan, Drury & Company, LLC. Bhavesh’s primary responsibility is providing clients with security assessment services, IT risk assessments, IT audit support as part of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts, and more.