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Case study: The Gap and employee access controls
Retailers spend a lot of time worrying about PCI and Sarbanes Oxley. As CIO notes, passing an audit means showing definitively that you can control employee access to customer and other data. Read more...
Top 10 ERM-GRC myths
A lot of companies have moved to augment enterprise risk management platforms with dedicated governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions. That trend isn't going to disappear anytime soon, but Read more...
Are all your contracts accounted for?
We noted recently that managing your contracts can be a big headache. Recall that Eastman Kodak not too long ago was told by Read more...
Time to automate expense management?
At many companies, employee business expenses--of which travel and entertainment are a big chunk--are the second largest expenses, according to commentary in the APJournal Online. That raises an Read more...
Case study: Kodak and centralized contracts
Contract management is an issue easily overlooked. Who really cares if old contracts sit on the network? Well, your auditors will, at some point, take a look; we presume they are doing their job. At Read more...
Reminder: Compliance must be repeatable process
We've all heard the rhetoric about automation and compliance. The reality is usually a bit more complex. But the basics are worth repeating. SC Magazine notes that IT security audits "should be a Read more...
The best of both worlds, the IT CFO
We've discussed here the idea of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance as an interdisciplinary exercise. At a minimum, Read more...
Time to leverage compliance for financial goals?
We're firmly in the Sarbanes-Oxley 2.0 era. Many companies have their 404 infrastructure in place; these infrastructures will remain despite all the regulatory changes coming down the pike. At Read more...
Preaching to the choir on automation: Tips on basics
The Sarbox solutions industry seems to be growing every year. If you're selling software these days, you better have a Sarbox marketing angle all worked out. Many of you are familiar with these Read more...
Time to automate records management?
You would be surprised at how many departments still rely on hard copies for important records management. It makes sense to go electronic, but the reality is that spending on electronic records Read more...

