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US-listed Firms Face IT Security Audits
News Publicly traded US corporations would have to certify that they have conducted an annual computer security audit, according to a draft of long-awaited legislation the US House of Representatives is preparing.
[November 7, 2003, 15:30]
Watchdog Highlights 'horrifying' Security Lapses
News The ICO also called for stronger audit and inspection powers. Currently the ICO can only audit organisations' information-handling practices with their consent. The information commissioner wants the right to inspect and audit organisations where...
[July 11, 2007, 12:00]
Internal Revenue Service: Status Of Recommendations From Financial Audits And Related Financial Management Reports
White Papers Each year, as part of the annual audit of IRS's financial statements, GAO not only makes recommendations to address any new weaknesses identified, but also follows up on the status of weaknesses GAO identified in previous years' audits.
[June 17, 2005, 0:00]
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Getting Ready For Your Audit
White Papers Therefore, IT controls will be externally audited, and a statement of control verified by the audit must now appear in annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 will have a significant...
[December 17, 2004, 23:00]
American Electric Power Facilitates Sarbanes-Oxley IT Control Compliance Using Remedy
White Papers Sarbox requires that companies make a statement of internal control in their annual reports, including results of an external independent audit. American Electric Power owns and operates more than 42,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the...
[August 1, 2007, 0:00]
Audited Financial Statements: Getting And Sustaining "Clean" Opinions
White Papers This report examines how organizational factors and management strategies have affected the ability of federal agencies to generate reliable information for financial statements and achieve unqualified audit opinions.
[December 27, 2004, 23:00]
Lift Manufacturer Reduces Annual IT Salary Costs With Estate Management Solution
White Papers Infrastructure management is far more effective as IT personnel no longer have to audit the infrastructure or deploy software manually. The resulting efficiency gains mean Stannah has avoided expanding its IT help desk by almost 50 per cent, an...
[August 30, 2007, 0:00]
How To Calculate The Cost Of A New Security Control
News Estimate the cost of annual or quarterly audit activities to measure the effectiveness of the control. In addition, this is where you should include annual licensing fees if applicable. The steps of this method are fairly straightforward and...
[July 17, 2006, 16:20]
Tax Office IT Chief Is In The Money
News Whitehall spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) recently praised the handover of the Aspire contract but also warned that the total cost of the 10-year deal could double to £6bn. The annual pay packet of HM Revenue & Customs' IT chief...
[August 15, 2006, 16:35]
Ofcom Hints At 4G Auction Strategy
News Cave was the author of a major study into spectrum review in 2002, and led an audit into public spectrum holdings for Ofcom at the end of last year. His audit recommended that providers of competing technologies should be encouraged to share...
[August 11, 2006, 11:50]
Road-tax Evaders Targeted With New Tech
News The annual £200m road tax evasion bill for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency could be cut by the greater use of number plate reading technology, according to parliamentary watchdog the National Audit Office.
[September 12, 2003, 16:55]
Sarbanes-Oxley: Solving "Section 404" With Data Sharing Tools
White Papers Taking on the challenges of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act), means solving a host of complex internal reporting, audit, assessment and control issues.
[March 31, 2005, 0:00]
Sarbanes-Oxley: Solving "Section 404" With Data Sharing Tools Keep - Tabs On Financial Data Changes Easily And Automatically
White Papers Taking on the challenges of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act), means solving a host of complex internal reporting, audit, assessment and control issues.
[March 23, 2005, 23:00]
Dell Unearths Possible Accounting 'misconduct'
News The Audit Committee's investigation has identified a number of accounting errors, evidence of misconduct, and deficiencies in the financial control environment," Dell said in a press release. Dell's internal investigation into accounting problems...
[March 30, 2007, 8:36]
Firewall Management Puts UK Firms At Risk
News High-risk vulnerabilities have dived to 6 percent from 19 percent in 2001, according to the Fifth Annual Security Audit from NTA Monitor, which analysed more than 600 of its perimeter tests carried out for government and financial clients last year.
[June 2, 2003, 10:38]
FSA Warns Banks: Shape Up On Security
News Following an audit of 39 banks, building societies, insurance companies and financial advisors, the FSA called on financial services firms to adopt a more transparent stance towards customers, rather than fearing adverse media coverage when data...
[April 28, 2008, 8:56]
Group Offers Amnesty To US Software Pirates
News Under the programme, businesses can conduct a software audit and begin paying proper licence fees for all software in use without the threat of penalties for past use, which can run as high as $150,000 for each incident of copyright infringement.
[January 6, 2002, 6:31]
The Weakest Link Is ?
Talkback If they had an BS7799 or ISO 27000 security audit should prevent excessive permissions to junior staff. If the staff are the week link then integrate the basic IT security into your annual Health and Safety tests done by ALL your staff.
[April 7, 2008, 15:11]
Java Application Offers A Cheap BlackBerry Alternative
News The product supports 'non repudiation', providing an audit trail proving what a user did and didn't do. The product costs roughly £360 per user plus an annual maintenance charge. Spurred by the popularity of Research In Motion's BlackBerry...
[February 8, 2002, 13:14]
Apple Defends Steve Jobs In Options Row
News The special committee, its independent counsel and forensic accountants have performed an exhaustive investigation of Apple's stock option granting practices," said former Vice President Al Gore, chair of the special committee, and Jerome York...
[December 29, 2006, 11:10]
