The Audit of the Data Warehouse Framework.
Jose A. Rodero, Mario G. Piattini, José Ambrosio Toval Álvarez · 1999
Data warehouses have become the key trend in corporate computing in the late 90s, as they provide managers with the most accurate and relevant information to improve strategic decisions. A specific control system should be established in order to protect this important asset. Having COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and related Technology) as our base, we settle a control system for data warehouse projects. This system consists of a number of control objectives plus a methodology to accomplish the audit process. Auditing data warehouses will check the control system, either assuring that control objectives are met or evaluating the current risks associated with controls' lacks. 1 Introduction The need to have a separate data base in order to support the decision process was firstly recognized at the beginning of the 70s [Sprague et al., 1996]. Although the term "data warehouse" was not coined by Bill Inmon until the late 80s, by 1985 big telecommunication compa...