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February 18, 2020Compliance, Managed Services, Security
No matter the size of your healthcare organization or how many offices you have, IT systems must be fast, scalable, reliable, and, most importantly, secure. In short, efficient managed IT is a must. As the Healthcare industry continues to grow, and with HIPAA and other regulations, so does the complexity of IT environments. With the...
September 4, 2019Compliance
Segregation of Duties is one of those business concepts that’s a bit abstract, but the truth is you see it every day, perhaps without realizing. Formally, Segregation of Duties (SoD) is a set of controls and policies intended to ensure accuracy and keep companies compliant with regulations like Sarbanes Oxley. In simple terms, however SoD...
July 16, 2019Compliance
Mitigating controls are a great way to reduce SOD conflict risks. But if you’re not careful, you can mitigate yourself out of compliance. SAP SOX compliance in your company may be such a routine activity that you’ve lost track of why you’re doing it, beyond being told to. And, you may not realize that there...
June 19, 2019Compliance
Working with hundreds of business customers over the years, we have learned that if a company is large enough and complex enough to need SAP for ERP, it’s more than large enough to require Segregation of Duties (SoD) controls. SoD is designed to prevent a single person from performing multiple duties that allow him or...
May 17, 2019Compliance
Segregation of Duties (SoD) is an important control that reduces the risk of errors and fraud. Though simple in concept, SoD can be quite complex in its execution. To help keep accounting roles, responsibilities and risks clear, compliance managers have long turned to the Segregation of Duties Matrix. The segregation of duties matrix, once a...
April 12, 2019Compliance
A good Segregation of Duties (SoD) program establishes effective controls and policies to ensure a company is compliant to its Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) program. SoD prevents people from realizing, and accounting for, financial transactions where they have a potential role combination that can lead to fraud or errors in reporting. Given how...
April 5, 2019Compliance
Running a business involves managing risk. A variety of threats can diminish the value of your shareholders’ assets. Many of these risks can be mitigated through insurance and sensible practices. However, compliance risk, which means protecting your business from the consequence of running afoul of government regulations, requires focus and effort to manage. Managing compliance...
February 13, 2019Compliance
Fraud can occur at any company that presents the opportunity to its employees. Too often, corporations trust their employees are operating with the business’ best interests at all times. After all, typically these employees have gone through a rigorous hiring process with background checks and several internal interviews before joining the team. Unfortunately, trust is not...
November 14, 2018Compliance
Science fiction treats us to many visions of robots taking over planet Earth. In reality, we are already experiencing some of this robotic takeover. It just doesn’t involve chrome-plated cyborgs ordering us around. The rise of the robots looks more like the blinking light on a rack server masking a computer as it makes decisions...
August 8, 2018Compliance
Segregation of Duties (SoD) comprises one of the foundational controls in an effective Risk and Compliance (GRC) program. SoD involves separating people who execute the different steps of business transactions to reduce the risk of fraud or errors. Given the role of SAP in finance, SoD is an unavoidable responsibility for SAP administrators and others...