Automating Spreadsheet Discovery & Risk Assessment

Details Automating Spreadsheet Discovery & Risk Assessment Automating Spreadsheet Discovery & Risk Assessment

2008-09-17

arxiv.org/abs/0809.3016v1

Proc. European Spreadsheet Risks Int. Grp. (EuSpRIG) 2008 61-67 ISBN 978-905617-69-2

Computer Science

Software Engineering

7 Pages, 6 Colour Figures

Scientific paper

There have been many articles and mishaps published about the risks of uncontrolled spreadsheets in today's business environment, including non-compliance, operational risk, errors, and fraud all leading to significant loss events. Spreadsheets fall into the realm of end user developed applications and are often absent the proper safeguards and controls an IT organization would enforce for enterprise applications. There is also an overall lack of software programming discipline enforced in how spreadsheets are developed. However, before an organization can apply proper controls and discipline to critical spreadsheets, an accurate and living inventory of spreadsheets across the enterprise must be created, and all critical spreadsheets must be identified. As such, this paper proposes an automated approach to the initial stages of the spreadsheet management lifecycle - discovery, inventory and risk assessment. Without the use of technology, these phases are often treated as a one-off project. By leveraging technology, they become a sustainable business process.

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