Technology Assurance Committee Committee Action
Plan
Who We
Are:
The Technology Assurance
Committee (TAC) is comprised of information assurance professionals with
interests in technology risk management and attestation services in general.
Members of the Committee are typically employed at professional service firms,
private industry, academia and government, or are sole practitioners. We also
encourage the involvements of Students in areas such as business, accounting and
information systems.
What We
Do:
1. TAC conducts meetings
that include technical presentations and discussion. Topics include current
and anticipated technology, technology assurance considerations,
applicability, cost, risk signals, case studies and regulatory matters related
to attestation and reporting.
2. Open presentations to
Society members as well as non-members on issues related to assurance and
information technology.
3. Encourage members to
promote awareness of current and evolving information risk assurance issuances
concerning Information Technology and related accounting
regulations.
4. Increase the
information technology awareness of among society members and Communicating
committee work product to the membership.
The goals of TAC areas
follows:
Discussion and
Commentary:
Identify, investigate and
comment on the developments of technological and regulatory standards, with
special attention to attestation and financial standards.
Review, recommend and
comment on relevant changes that relate to assurance and attestation standards
and services.
Education and
Knowledge Enhancements:
Provide New York State
Society of Certified Public Accountants a series of seminars on important issues
affecting technology assurance and information technology, and related services.
Encourage and support
publications on technology and related assurance services.
Support professionals in
private and public practice in developing expertise in consulting and
implementation services.
Integrate future and current
Society members such as accounting and business students in the Committee’s
activity.
Membership
Communication
Maintain pages on the State
Society web site with information about:
- Committee members’
biographies and an expertise guide;
- featured articles on
technology assurance;
- Archive of past
presentations.
Submit relevant articles on
technology assurance to the State Society's publications.
Who Should
Join:
Society members who practice
in and have expertise and significant experience in technology assurance, and
student associate members majoring in Accounting and or Information Systems.
Benefits of
Committee Membership
- Society
Members who join the TAC can expect to increase their
reputation’s capital by as they are recognized as technology assurance
leaders. Members will also increase their human capital by expanding their
theoretical and practical knowledge of technology, technology assurance and
auditing services.
- Student
members will have the opportunity to:
- Meet practicing
professionals involved in technology assurance; and
- Learn leadership
skills; and
- Have the opportunity to
make presentations and publish
articles.