Information Systems Audit and Control Association: Difference between revisions

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In 1998, ISACA founded the [[IT Governance Institute]] (ITGI) due to the heightened significance of information technology as one of the key success factors for entities or companies. The institute's main objective is to help business owners enhance their governance of information technology and develop IT in accordance with international standards. ITGI also aims to help businesses achieve their business goals, enhance their business investments, and as appropriately and effectively manage the risks and opportunities associated with information technology. The main activity of the institute is conducting original research on IT governance. Its' recent publications include:<ref>

In 2009, [[Peter Wood]], member of ISACA’s Conference Committee and founder of First Base Technologies warned that [[ICANN]]'s plan to support non-Latin characters, including Mandarin, Arabic, Hindu and Cyrillic by implementing the [[IDN|Internationalized Domain Names]] (IDNs) will increase consumer fraud and cyber security attacks such as phising. In his comments Wood explained, "Glyphs representing certain characters from different scripts might appear similar or even identical. For example, in many fonts, Cyrillic lowercase A ("a") is indistinguishable from Latin lowercase A ("a"). An unscrupulous host site can use this visual ambiguity to pretend to be another site and take advantage of site visitors”.<ref>[http://www.itbsoftware.com/pr/34177 ISACA Warns Increase in Web Site Characters Could Lead to More Phishing Attacks]</ref>