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Controls – General IT v IP controls

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA AA Exams › Controls – General IT v IP controls

  • This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 1 year ago by AvatarKim Smith.
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  • June 19, 2024 at 8:26 pm #707446
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    Authentication
    Controls that ensure a user accessing the IT application or other aspect of the IT
    environment is using the user’s own log-in credentials (i.e., the user is not using another
    user’s credentials).

    Sir does this mean that the control which ensures a person uses his own credentials is a general control

    But the password or other way of accessing that particular application is an application control

    June 20, 2024 at 8:48 am #707455
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    Unique user IDs and passwords can be general IT controls or information processing (“application”) controls, depending on what it is they are controlling access to.

    If restricting access to an IT system, they are are general. If restricting access to a specific information process (“application”) e.g. the payroll, they are information processing controls.

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