Audit TrailAudit TrailAudit Trail is the official blog of Approva- tracking the latest news, opinions and trends in governance risk and compliance. Audit Trail provides visitors with informed views on issues that matter to finance compliance, and audit professionals. Articles
Can Consolidated Behemoths Make the Grade?
2007-11-30 21:16:00 It?s a fairly well-worn truism that when it comes to software, real innovation originates not with the behemoths, but with smaller companies, which work hand-in-hand with their customers to rapidly turn out new products and features that address long-standing business problems. The innovation challenges at larger companies come from one root problem: consolidation. ... More About: Daily News , Make , The G , Soli
Industry News Round-up
2007-11-28 23:55:00 Lots of news today ? much of it related to not-so-optimistic economic assessments from folks like JP Morgan. Lots of whispers about the R word. Of course these things don?t happen in a vacuum, and we?ve got related news about ripple effects from Bloomberg ? everything from suffering state-run investment pools that invested ... More About: News , Industry , Daily News , Industry News , Round Up
Yea for Say-on-Pay
2007-10-02 22:18:00 Because we simply can?t stop ourselves from devouring all things exec comp, news from Financial Week about the recent vote from Activision?s shareholders to give them an annual advisory vote on executive compensation. This nod to corporate responsibility is part of a larger trend ? Activision?s the seventh company this year to have get ... More About: Daily News
Daily News: Turning The Other Cheek
2007-09-27 19:00:00 It seems that today’s news is all about people (shareholders, business execs) turning the other cheek when its convenient for them, aka - when it means they make money, or so they don’t loose money. It seems that is exactly what happened when H&R Block shareholders elected former SEC Chairman and crowned prince of ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , The O
Daily News: Things With Holes In Them
2007-09-25 23:40:00 Donuts, swiss cheese, and OJ’s defence to name a few. How about corporate accounting practices? Maybe we?ve naïve, but we were a little shocked today to read the results of a new survey that reports that a whopping 80 percent ? yes, that?s 4 out of every 5 ? corporations have experienced corporate fraud ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Things , Holes
Daily News: Good News and Bad News About the Mortgage Industry
2007-09-17 23:03:00 You don?t need us to tell you (see here and here) about the downside of what?s happened in the housing market and trickled right on into other markets. It?s the upsides, though, that have grabbed our attention for today. First up, details on how the credit crunch might be good for business for ... More About: News , Daily , Industry , Daily News , Good News
Daily News: 5 Top Mistakes for Email Compliance and More
2007-08-31 18:14:00 Want to know more about email compliance? Look no further. We liked the point about not making compliance the business driver ? but rather a tool to support the business drivers. Risk management, productivity, and so on are drivers and compliance helps us get there. And, sage advice from Financial Week. If you?re betting that ... More About: News , Daily , Email , Daily News , Compliance
Daily News: It?s All About the Markets
2007-08-30 19:27:00 ?Let the market speak,? is a common complaint in the financial world these days as subprime fall out continues to grow more miserable. The advocates for letting things take their course are noisy, and not entirely wrong. However, the ramifications are likely to hit those most likely to Lose. Their. Homes. And massive foreclosures don?t ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Markets , The Mark
Daily News: 404 Put Into Plain English, Microsoft Shows Some Love For BizRi
2007-08-14 22:54:00 Faithful readers know that the small business community hasn?t been wildly enthusiastic about looming deadlines for SOX 404 compliance. We hope this lightens their collective mood a little ? news from the SEC and PCAOB that small biz owners can soon expect ?plain English? guidance from them on 404 compliance. We?re practically giddy ... More About: News , Daily , Microsoft , Love , Daily News
Daily News: Second Life Finds Real-Life Problems
2007-08-13 23:41:00 With the growing trend of business professionals, stay-at-home moms and college students transferring their real-life personas into virtual alter egos to wander the streets of Second Life , it was only a matter of time before the real-life crooks would start to infiltrate the virtual safe-haven. So, it shouldn?t be too surprising that late last month ... More About: News , Daily , Second Life , Daily News
Daily News: Survey Says Risk-Based is Best
2007-08-07 18:43:00 It might be in bad taste to say we told you so, but let?s be honest, we?ve been saying time and time again that using the risk-based approach to automated compliance is a more efficient way of ensuring proper identity and access management, and helps to eliminate the constant tension among the guys down in ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Survey , Risk
Introduction to Identity Management and User Provisioning
2007-08-06 20:34:00 Introduction to Identity Management and User Provisioning More About: Media , Introduction
Daily News: Do You Have Compliance Fatigue?
2007-08-03 15:59:00 Okay, admit it. You get tired some times, right? It’s hard to keep going. You could be sitting on the porch, at Starbies, chilling with a frap-a-something, but instead you’re inside being compliant. You aren’t the only one to have compliance fatigue. According to SAS Institute’s Annual International Benchmark survey (2007), “compliance fatigue,” is a ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Compliance
Church Offers Free House and U-Haul It
2007-08-02 00:08:00 If you are like us here at Audit Trail, the thought of a free house sounds too good to be true - even if its from a Church . Luckily for us cynics, today isn’t the day make us change our pessimistic ways. First Wesleyan Church of Chattanooga, TN is offering a two-bedroom, one-bathroom ... More About: House , Free , Offers , U-Haul
Harvey Pitt: Reflections on SOX?s First Five Years
2007-07-24 22:27:00 Audit Trail recently caught up with Harvey Pitt , independant board member of Approva, to get his perspective on what the environment was like that generated SOX and how things have changed over the last five years. Audit Trail: Do you think SOX has been successful in restoring investor confidence? Harvey Pitt: Yes. I think Sarbanes-Oxley has ... More About: Reflections , Years , Year , Five
Daily News: Government Accounting Needs Improvement, So Does the Housing Ma
2007-07-24 21:24:00 We?ve mused before about what would happen if the government had to follow its own accounting rules. More news today on some… let?s just say ?areas for improvement? in government accounting. There?s a new report that details it all, but the trend isn?t new at all ? we?re going on 10 years that the GAO ... More About: News , Government , Daily , Daily News , Housing
The Benefits Of Baselining Your Controls: Turning The AS 5 Guidance To Your
2007-07-23 19:53:00 For those of you who have some spare time on your hands, register for Compliance Week’s latest webcast on Thursday, July 26 at 2:00 p.m. EDT, and join Approva’s own Phil Livingston as he moderates a session providing practical advice on baselining controls for Audit Standard 5. And for additional pearls of wisdom from Phil, check ... More About: Benefits , Benefit , Turn , The A , Base
Daily News: SOX on Travel, and Boeing Has Computer Issues
2007-07-23 19:45:00 With airfare on the rise and hotel costs going through the roof, it?s no wonder that corporate America is taking notice, and penny-pinching however possible. Seriously ? we?re thanking our lucky stars that our business trips have thus far been roommate-free. But motivations for the eagle-eye on travel go beyond straight bottom-line calculations, since ... More About: News , Daily , Travel , Daily News , Computer
Looking Back: SOX?s First Year
2007-07-10 15:40:00 Indulge us, if you will, in a little walk down memory lane, as we set the scene for a remembrance of SOX?s first year. Cue dreamy flashback music. It?s the summer of 2003. Bob Hope has just left this earthly realm, California Gov. Gray Davis is about to face a recall election, Bennifer ... More About: Back , Look , Year , Looking Back
Daily News: Fair Fund Comes through For Time Warner Investors
2007-07-10 14:12:00 We got word today that Time Warner Inc. investors have gotten a little something to offset their losses ? $316 million from the SEC?s Fair Fund, which SOX established to ?combine civil penalties and disgorgement from securities law violators,? according to Investment News . Time Warner agreed in March of 2005 to pay $300 million ... More About: Daily , Daily News
Daily News: Ox(ley) Talks SOX
2007-07-09 22:23:00 Check out this Houston Chronicle interview with our friend, Congressman Oxley, wherein he reflects back on one of his better-known legacies. Some of our very favorite parts? Discussion of how 404 changes are going to allow managers more flexibility to focus on internal audits, saving time and money on external audits, and how he thinks ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News
Building ?Reduced Risk of Fraud? Into Your GRC Business Case
2007-06-29 16:23:00 ?Reduced risk of fraud? is one of those generic benefits of governance, risk & compliance (GRC) efforts that everyone knows exists, but which is often difficult to grasp until it becomes personal. If you?re one of the people who has been pulled in to a segregation of duties (SoD) project over the last few years ... More About: Business , Building , Fraud , Risk , Case
Daily News: The Friday Morning Line Up
2007-06-29 15:39:00 We have a round-up today, people. Just too much to share this Friday . So, poke around at will. Hedge Funds and Blogging. Bear Sterns personal blogger Marin came under scrutiny as his hedge funds collapsed and his blog continued. Leave the man alone, we say. If he wants to see Evan Almighty who are we to ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Morning
Daily News: Former SEC Chair Has Something to Smile About
2007-06-14 15:45:00 Some people just point to problems and others tackle them head on. At least that is the message we got from the Washington Post profile on Richard Breeden, former SEC chair. Five years after SOX, he is celebrating the one year anniversary of his $1 billion fund. Considered an ?activist,? he uses his fund to ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Smile , Chair
Daily News: SEC Investigating Nortel Networks, and Small Biz Committee Want
2007-06-12 20:03:00 We on Audit Trail LOVE to talk about the costs of non-compliance ? almost as much as we love a good audit. Judging from today?s news, we may soon (heck, already) have some converts to the cause from Nortel Networks . The SEC?s been investigating Nortel for a good long while now, for alleged earnings inflations ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Nortel Networks
Wish You Were There
2007-06-08 22:40:00 Last night Approva hosted a cocktail party following the day?s events at the Compliance Week 2007 conference. We were on the deck at Morton?s, in the middle of the District just a few blocks down the road from the White House. It was the type of night event planners long for ? ... More About: There , Were
Daily News: A Merger State of Mind
2007-06-08 19:30:00 During the courtship phase of M&A it is unlikely that compliance is top of mind. The Street?s Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street talks about the Murdoch bid, but not about SOD (obviously). However, once the dust settles, back-end process alignment can make or break a merger. It isn?t all about blending cultures and ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Mind , State
Approva Named a ?Best Place to Work in Greater Washington? by Washington Bu
2007-06-08 18:13:00 Another day, another award. Yippee!! Approva made the list of Best Place s to Work in Greater Washington . Thanks to our executive and HR teams for helping to make Approva such a solid place to work ? and for the employees who grace our halls every day. Way to go team! Tags: Washington Business Journal, Approva More About: Lace , Shin
Introducing Ian Glazer
2007-06-08 15:39:00 Audit Trail is thrilled to introduce a new personality (not that you?d ever tire of ours, of course). Ian Glazer, Approva?s Alliance Director, is all over all things Compliant Provisioning and Identity Management. He?ll be blogging here about Compliant Provisioning, and writing about Identity Management and just about everything else on his own blog, ... More About: Intro , Lazer
Daily News: Sarbanes-Oxley Revisions Fall Short
More articles from this author:2007-06-07 00:23:00 The debate over 404 and small biz goes on ? yesterday we talked about how Sarbanes feels about it, and today the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) weighed in on why they don?t think last week?s Sarbanes-Oxley revisions don?t go far enough to lessen compliance burdens for small businesses. Seems like folks in biotech ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Sion , Visi 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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