Auditoría informática al Instituto Ecuatoriano de Crédito Educativo y Becas (IECE) regional 3 Riobamba, período 2012

Abstract

The present investigation is an Informatic Auditing applied to the IECE (Instituto Ecuatoriano de Crédito Educativo y Becas) Regional 3 Riobamba, to improve the information and communication technology management, period 2012. It is framed in the development and analysis of the using and exploitation of technologies of information and communication (TICs). For the development of the Informatic Auditing was begun with the preliminary recognizing of the entity in way that permitted to make an adequate planning that integrates the corresponding programs to the unit subjected to analysis, through the application of techniques and procedures of auditing. It is taken as reference the internal control norms related to technologies of information and communication belonging to the State General Controller (CGE). As a result of the Informatics Auditing has dependency of the unit of TICs from the regional with the subsidiary (Quito) due to not permits to act in an opportunistic way, neither dispose of information about some informatics aspects, insufficient staff who do not have an organizational information model; the location, which is inappropriate, nor available a physical control access, neither alarms to detect fire, nor water leaks, nor it has been trained the staff in the management of fire extinguishers and neither it has an emergency exit; the unit of TICs counts with a contingency plan, but it exists weaknesses in the content and employment of the same; the regional does not possess enough printers. It is recommended to take into account the stipulated aspects in the auditing report to improve the management of the technology of information and communication in the entity.