Intelligent audit of information systems by inter-organizational workflow

Abstract

This paper shows how IT-Governance Audit can be computerized by the use of Multi-agent system and Interorganizational Workflow (IOW). An IOW aims at business process orchestration with the particularity that this processes are heterogeneous, autonomous and independent. In fact, Information System (IS) components nowadays should cooperate despite their divergence to ensure a value added services .In addition, their audit requires horizontal communication with all stakeholders as well. In this work we use COBIT as IT Governance framework. We based our approach on its process oriented aspect to evaluate a real business objective with COBIT processes by a "supply and demand" way. This article presents first an architecture of the IOW, after that, it identifies mediation problems in the IWO to match an IS business objective with COBIT processes and proposes a solution. Then it presents the simulator of IT Governance IWO and opens new perspectives.