Testing Physical Controls
Inadequate segregation of duties and lack of supervision can result in fraud and errors that can cause financial statement to be materially misstated. The exposure issue here are similar to the access control issue discussed earlier. Granting inappropriate access privileges is often due to assigning incompatible duties to an individual. Similarly, the purpose of collusion is to achieve unauthorized access to assets as well as the information needed to conceal the crime. Evidence gathered by reviewing the segregation of duties can be used to rest all the management assertions outlined in Table10-1.