COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEMS: DATA SECURITY, ACCURACY AND PRIVACY CONTROLS FOR DETECTING AND PREVENTING MICROCOMPUTER MISUSES THROUGH ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING (EDP) AUDITING.

Studies have shown that no matter what an organization does to protect its data, risk cannot be entirely eliminated. Much information has been written on microcomputers, but the areas of auditing and security have been overlooked. The privacy of an organization's records is in constant jeopardy of being exposed and as a result, policy guidelines regarding privacy are addressed in this paper as well as the cost associated with such controls.