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Sarbanes Oxley Compliance

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Kit

 

 

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.

SOX adopted the COSO model of controls, which is the same model that SAS 70 audits have utilized since inception. SOX heightened the focus placed on understanding the controls over financial reporting and identified a type II SAS 70 report as the only acceptable method of obtaining third-party assurance regarding the controls at a service organization. Security "certifications" are excluded as acceptable substitutes for a type II SAS 70 audit report.

 In addition the ISO 27000 standard is used in SAS 70 reports.  The Security Manual Template contains an ISO 27000 Security Process Audit Checklist.  These two items directly address a service organization's descriptions of controls.  The auditor can use these to help them in the evaluation of the service organization's control framework.

Preparation for Disaster Recovery / Business continuation in light of SOX has two primary parts. The first is putting systems in place to completely protect all financial and other data required to meet the reporting regulations and to archive the data to meet future requests for clarification of those reports. The second is to clearly and expressly document all these procedures so that in the event of a SOX audit, the auditors clearly see that the DR plan exists and will appropriately protect the data.

To meet these needs the Sarbanes Oxley Compliance Resource 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) includes

    • Service Request Policy and Standard

    • Help Desk Policy, Procedure, Standard, and Service Level Agreement

    • Change Control Standard, Quality Assurance Standard, and Management Workbook

    • Documentation Standard

    • Version Control Policy and Standard

    • Sensitive Information Standard

    • Blog and Personal Web Site Policy

    • Travel and Off-Site Meetings Security Policy

    • Internet, e-mail and electronic communication Policy

See Table Below

Component

Standard Silver Gold Platinum

Security Manual Template

x x x x

Threat & Vulnerability Assessment Tool

x x x x

Business & IT Impact Questionnaire Risk Assessment Tool

x x x x

Safety Program Template

x x x x

Outsourcing guide

x x x x

DiskMonitor (Desktop)

x x x x

Internet and IT Job Descriptions (PDF Format)

  x x x

Internet and IT Job Descriptions (Word Format)

    x x

Internet and IT Job Description HandiGuide (PDF Format)

      x

Service Request Policy and Standard

      x

Help Desk Policy, Procedure, Standard, and Service Level Agreement

      x

Change Control Standard, Quality Assurance Standard, and Management Workbook

      x

Documentation Standard

      x

Version Control Policy and Standard

      x

Sensitive Information Standard

      x

Blog and Personal Web Site Policy

      x

Travel and Off-Site Meetings Security Policy

      x

Internet, e-mail and electronic communication Policy

      x

 

 

Security Template

Security Manual 

                                              
The plan is over 215 pages and includes everything needed to customize the Internet and Information Technology Security Manual to fit your specific requirement.  The electronic document includes proven written text and examples for your security plan.

 


 

Disaster Recovery Planning TemplateDisaster Recovery Plan (DRP)

                 
This Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) can be used as a template for any enterprise.   DRP is sent to you via e-mail in WORD and/or PDF format. Included is a 13 page Business Impact Questionnaire as well as a 3 page Job Description for the Disaster Recovery Manager. 



IT Job DescriptionsIT Job Descriptions

                           

The 192 Internet and IT Position Descriptions are in Word for Windows format.  Includes positions from CIO and CTO to Wireless and Metrics Managers. 
 

 

 

IT Service Management ITSM ITILThe IT Service Management Template

                          
The  IT Service Management Template contains policies, standards,  procedures and metrics for Change Control, Help Desk and Service Request processing.  ITSM template also contains several easy to implement forms and conforms with ITIL.

 

 Practical Guide IT Oursourcing

Practical Guide for IT Outsourcing

               

The guide is 91 packed pages and includes everything needed to plan for, negotiate, and manage an outsourcing process within an enterprise. 

 

 

 


 

 

Safety Program TemplateSafety Program Template

Safety Program is 60 pages and includes everything needed to customize the Safety Program to fit your specific requirement.  The Safety was updated in December of 2004 and reflects the latest issues associated with the most recent legislation (Sarbanes Oxley).
 

 

DiskMonitorDiskMonitor                                                                              

Network Administrators,  DRP Coordinators, and Security Managers - can use DiskMonitor (DSM) to view drive and folder usage. Local drives as well as network shares are supported. UNC pathing and Drive$ shares are supported as well.

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