The purpose of this work is to identify the IT
internal control objectives for implementing the
Public Finance Management Act. This is achieved by
showing that COBIT can be used to enable IT to
participate in the design and implementation of
internal control over financial reporting for the
Public Finance Management Act.
This work is a result of a study done through
literature study to establish if COBIT can be used in
the implementation of the PFMA and through individual
depth interviews to identify the IT control objective
categories for the implementation of the PFMA basing
on COBIT.
The findings reveal that COBIT can be used to enable
IT to take part in the design and implementation of
internal control over financial reporting. COBIT is
mapped to the PFMA and it is proved that to a
great extent COBIT can support the PFMA. The
categories of IT control objectives that were
identified from the interpretations of the Government
IT practitioners included change management, security
management, data management, and computer operations.
internal control objectives for implementing the
Public Finance Management Act. This is achieved by
showing that COBIT can be used to enable IT to
participate in the design and implementation of
internal control over financial reporting for the
Public Finance Management Act.
This work is a result of a study done through
literature study to establish if COBIT can be used in
the implementation of the PFMA and through individual
depth interviews to identify the IT control objective
categories for the implementation of the PFMA basing
on COBIT.
The findings reveal that COBIT can be used to enable
IT to take part in the design and implementation of
internal control over financial reporting. COBIT is
mapped to the PFMA and it is proved that to a
great extent COBIT can support the PFMA. The
categories of IT control objectives that were
identified from the interpretations of the Government
IT practitioners included change management, security
management, data management, and computer operations.