The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has released the 2008 version of what's become known in the 
profession as simply "the Top Techs". I can personally attest (note: I've served on the Top Techs Task Forks since 2005) to the blood, sweat, and tears that go into preparing and analyzing the responses of hundreds of select IT professionals from all corners of the profession. The task force was led by my friend David M. Cieslak, CPA.CITP, GSEC, and Chairman of the AICPA’s Information Technology Executive Committee. So, without further ado --- here's the list:
Information Security Management
IT Governance
Business Continuity Management and Disaster Recovery Planning
Privacy Management
Business Process Improvement, Workflow, and Process Exceptions Alerts
Identity and Access Management
Conforming to Assurance and Compliance Standards
Business Intelligence
Mobile and Remote Knowledge Management
Document, Forms, Content and Knowledge Management
Experienced TTI watchers will note that IT Governance jumped from sixth to second place this year, perhaps indicating a move toward more planning and responsibility. New on the list this year are "Business Process Improvement, Workflow, and Process Exceptions Alerts" and "Mobile and Remote Computing". The AICPA also announced an aggressive plan to release materials supporting the initiatives. Those materials will include several webinars as well as more traditional documents.
Go here for further information: www.aicpa.org/toptech
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