RE: MAPICS Month End Closeouts

We too had to put locks on the doors and on the last visit they told us
we must build a wall separating the printers from the servers because
someone fetching a printout might go crazy and push some buttons on the
servers.   This SOX stuff is insane.   

Greg

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[mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ann Neal
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 12:56 PM
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Subject: RE: [MAPICS-L] MAPICS Month End Closeouts

Evidently each auditing firm makes its own rules as to what SOX
encompasses... We even had to put a new lock on the server room and we
already had plastic keys to get inside our department!  They just said
it
was SOX, but there is nothing in SOX that states how many doors much
have
different locks to get to the iSeries or network server.  The best
weapon is
knowledge of the law at the management and board level.  That way you
know
when to say enough is enough.

Ann

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Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 11:18 AM
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That's a frightening thought - exactly what piece of paper are they
signing-off?

Shur-Lok after 56 years as an independent shop was just acquired by a
large
publicly traded company.  So interesting things will most likely start
in
the new future.

The immediate issue is whether to be pro-active and try to get a grip on
what it
means - or wait till corporate guides us?

Regards...james





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