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<strong>AUDIT</strong> <strong>ANALYTICS</strong> AND CONTINUOUS <strong>AUDIT</strong>:LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE<br />
Figure 1-1: CPAS as Continuous Data Audit (from Vasarhelyi & Halper,<br />
1991)<br />
Although the idea of a continuous audit was conceptualized initially as a<br />
data monitoring and exception system (Vasarhelyi, 1996), its concept was<br />
expanded in an implementation at Siemens (Alles et al, 2006) as a<br />
reaction to Sarbanes Oxley and the need to issue opinions on the<br />
adequacy of internal controls. This expansion was entitled continuous<br />
control monitoring (CCM).<br />
Continuous Control Monitoring (CCM)<br />
Siemens had over 150 instances of SAP that were reviewed by technical<br />
experts using that narrow guidance of a standardized set of audit action<br />
sheets. These were a formalization of the audit plan to review controls<br />
and features of a particular SAP implementation and were adapted to<br />
each audit instance. Alles et al. (2006) developed a proof of concept tool<br />
where a baseline of control settings would be compared with the actual<br />
configurable control setting every night and auditors would be alerted of<br />
variations. Teeter (2014) extended the original work examining the<br />
potential for automation of not only the deterministic settings of SAP but<br />
a wider set of controls and parameters in the SAP system.<br />
The...essay...investigates the implementation of a comprehensive<br />
continuous controls monitoring (CCM) platform for evaluating<br />
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