GENERAL ANALYSIS

Objective:

This section contains a descriptive analysis of some important aspects of SAIs. Illustratively, this Section highlights the IT strategies followed by SAIs who use IT relatively extensively, the typical use of common software for audit purposes, the type of assistance that would be available to SAIs seeking to build up their IT functions, etc.

Contents:

This section contains information on a number of topics listed below, collated from the responses of all the SAIs. The topics are linked to the appropriate sections, so click on the topic to refer to it. The topics are underlined and the cursor, when on the topic,  will change indicating that you can click now.

1.  Categorisation of SAIs by staff strength and hardware base
2.  Automated applications
3.  Software development
4.  Networking in SAIs
5.  Use of the Internet
6.  IT strategy related issues
7.  Standardisation of hardware and software
8.  Computerisation among auditees
9.  EDP audit practices
10. Training
11. Funding
12. Feedback & Suggestions relating to INTOSAI EDP Audit Committee's products
13. Research projects of INTOSAI EDP Audit Committee