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Compliance Kit

The SOX kit contains all of the tools that are need to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation.  This tool kit has been used successfully by over 500 publicly traded companies.

 

Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 requires that:

  • Enterprises have an enterprise wide security policy;

  • Enterprises have enterprise wide classification of data for security, risk, and business impact;

  • Enterprises have security related standards and procedures;

  • Enterprises have formal security based documentation, auditing, and testing in place;

  • Enterprise enforce separation of duties; and

  • Enterprises have policies and procedures in place for Change Management, Help Desk, Service Requests, and changes to applications, policies, and procedures.

To meet these needs the Sarbanes Oxley Kit, which comes in four editions (Standard, Silver, Gold, and Platinum) contains:

  • Security Policies (all editions);

  • Threat & Vulnerability Assessment Tool (all editions);

  • Business & IT Impact Questionnaire Risk Assessment Tool (all editions);

  • Safety Program Template (all editions);

  • Disaster Recovery Template (all editions);

  • Outsourcing guide update to reflect what you vendors need to do (all editions);

  • Software tool to monitor key data files (all editions);

  • Internet and IT Job Descriptions (Silver, Gold, and Platinum Editions) and;

  • IT Service Management Template (Platinum Edition).

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Sarbanes Oxley News

07/02/2008
AT&T Breaks Contract Only Barrier For Wireless Phones

For the first time a major cellular service provider is opting to sell new wireless phones without a contract.  AT&T announced iPhone 3G pricing for new and existing AT&T customers, several attractive voice and data plans which do not require a long term contract.

 

Cellular Phones

 

This is a break from the pricing model that is used in the United States and a move towards the model use in other countries.  When Verizon was asked if they were going to follow and offer a similar plan they said that they had no plans at this time to move in that direction but would study the approach.
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06/27/2008
Firefox 3.0 is a Winner According to Janco

Janco Associates, an independent technology based consulting firm has declared Firefox the winner in the ease of use battle.  Janco has used all of the Firefox 3.0 release candidates and the released product for over two months in its process to evaluate the ease of use of the new browser.

Browser Market ShareThe CEO of Janco said, "When compared to the current IE offering, we have found that Firefox 3.0 is much more stable.  In addition, the password vault is a great ease of use tools that helps to control the rapid expansion of user ids and passwords that are required as more sites begin to implement Web 2.0 applications that require use ids and passwords."
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06/18/2008
What is a Successful Disaster Recovery Planning Process

Disaster planning and business continuity is having a set of disaster-planning teams, including emergency response teams, emergency operations centers, issue-prevention management teams and crisis-management teams at the ready.

  • Disaster recovery teams are responsible for managing their own operations and on-site issues during crises and during planning for emergencies.
  • Executive support is also important for full business continuity implementation.
  • Ongoing program assessment also makes sure that they are up to speed and keeping business continuity ongoing, rather than triggered by a disaster.
  • Focus on the things that everyone can relate to, like cost and operational downtime and you need to support them, not tell them what to do."
  • Keep the risk impact assessment fresh and reflective of social, economic and other disasters.
  • "Could you work with only 40% of your staff?" - Many people are often unavailable during an emergency, and that skeleton staff operability should be a part of any plan. For an IT department, this could mean extra attention to staffing patterns, since key IT infrastructure is considered critical, and could result in IT staff being more required to be on-site -- or at least prepared -- in an emergency.

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06/15/2008
How Much Should Business Spend for Desktops, Laptops, and Other Workstations?

If you are purchasing desktops and laptops for yourself or hundreds of people in your business, cost is a vital part of your decision making process. The total cost of desktops stretches far beyond the initial purchase price of the hardware and software.

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As you make those decisions you must know what your true requirements are.  Janco has determined that most desktop and laptop users fall into three classes:

  • Those who use one or more custom or delivered applications. They may need a browser to access applications, but they are not usually given e-mail access or productivity tools.
  • Those who need a browser, e-mail access and productivity tools.
  • Those who need a browser, e-mail access and productivity tools, and who also use various custom delivered applications. It is important that they connect to and interoperate with other people and systems in their company.

Almost all enterprises have users in each class, and some large enterprises and government agencies have thousands of desktop users in each class. Most people in the first two classes do not require expensive Windows XP or Windows Vista with the full Office Suite to do their jobs.  So why spend the money?
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