Abstract
M.Comm.
English raises the following question that implies that data integrity
problems exist in the data warehouse environment:
"If the data in those "corporate" databases is of high quality, why is
there a need for all the redundant, private databases that seems to
multiply daily?"
The purpose of this short dissertation therefore is to investigate the
typical integrity control weaknesses in a data warehouse environment.
The result of this research will be used to develop a model that may be
used to assist auditors, developers and users of the data warehouse to
be aware of the data integrity pitfalls that could be expected from the
data quality. This short dissertation concentrates exclusively on identifying the data
integrity risks in data warehousing through the use of the CobiT
(Control Objectives For Information and related Technology)
framework.