E‐commerce impact: emerging technology – electronic auditing

Abstract

Purpose

We expect an explosive application of these technologies to take place when they become mature and may further assist auditors in improving the quality of their work. How to use some of the computer‐assisted auditing techniques (CAATs) more effectively with the emerging information technologies.

Design/methodology/approach

Constructed an infrastructure with the support of emerging technologies. Electronic auditing (EA) framework–prepared and used with information technology, these examples are object‐oriented distributed middlewares, internet security technologies, and intelligent agents.

Findings

How a CPA may conveniently audit the loan account of a bank with EA framework. Demonstration/application.

Research limitations/implications

Auditors will have to design one specialized audit software for each auditee's electronic data processing (EDP) system if the EDP system uses proprietary file formats or different operating systems. The EA has some limitations. This approach depends on distributed middlewares standards, i.e. CORBA, DCOM, or Java RMI, to enable the interconnections of the auditor's GAS^I, auditee's EDP systems.

Practical implications

This system emulates EDP applications in the banking industry and is based on the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) architecture industrial standard.

Originality/value

How auditor could effectively apply existing CAATs with the support of the modern information technologies such as object‐oriented distributed middleware, internet security technologies, and intelligent agents. Furthermore, this article proposes a new auditing approach that we call EA. Application in banking and financial institution for auditing banks loan account.

Citation

Shaikh, J.M. (2005), "E‐commerce impact: emerging technology – electronic auditing", Managerial Auditing Journal, Vol. 20 No. 4, pp. 408-421. https://doi.org/10.1108/02686900510592089