Internal ControlConsiderationsIntroduced byMiddleware Technologies

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ISACA Monthly Meeting13 October 2011UBS Tower

Agenda

• Purpose & Motivation

• Defining Middleware

• Features & Examples

• Evolution & History

• Measurable Qualities

• CORBA

• Summary Advantages /Disadvantages

• ERP Examples – SAP, Oracle

• Risks (WCGW)

• Candidate Internal Controls

• Q&A

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• CORBA

• RPC/ORB

• Publish/Subscribe

• Message Queuing

• TP (transaction processing) Monitors

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• Q&A

Purpose & Motivation

Why should we care about middleware?

• High adoption rate among companies

• Hidden dangers

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• Difficulties in assessing the risks

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What is Middleware?

• Software that is designed to help build large scale distributedsystems.

• Software that sits between systems.• In strict technical terms, middleware is transport software that is

used to move information from one program to one or more otherprograms, shielding the developer from dependencies on

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programs, shielding the developer from dependencies oncommunication protocols, operating systems, and hardwareplatforms.

• Middleware allows isolated systems to “talk” to one another.• Roughly half of IT budgets are spent on enabling systems to

communicate with one another.

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Please contact me at kumar.setty@us.pwc.com for the entirepresentation.

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