Thursday, October 16, 2008

Re: IT Audits

I had had them start in 2003.=A0 They were primarily insurance driven.=A0 T=
hey can be especially arduous if you have any form of eCommerce associated =
with the school (e.g. on-line giving, bookstore, etc.).=A0 =0A=A0=0AA secon=
d big driver is that=A0the supreme court changed discovery rules for all in=
stitutions in=A0late 2006=A0and this has a big impact on audits.=A0=A0While=
not as stringent or well defined as SOX for public companies, it does appl=
y to everyone so do not assume that this is simply bleed over=A0from SOX th=
at does not require your attention.=A0 =0A=A0=0AFinally, as a board member =
I received a recent audit report that had a "Risk Dashboard".=A0 It laid ou=
t categories of the boards fiduciary responsibilities and had simple graphi=
cs to indicate level of risk to help focus the boards attention areas needi=
ng work.=A0 You group may be using the same software as an added value to t=
heir client .=A0 =0A=A0=0ASo, enjoy them for the forseeable future :-).=0A=
=A0=0A_J=0A=A0____________________________=0AJason at jasonpj@yahoo.com=0A=
=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Page Lennig <page_lennig@waynf=
lete.org>=0ATo: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU=0ASent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008=
11:56:15 AM=0ASubject: IT Audits=0A=0AHi Colleagues - I'm wondering if any=
IT depts were part of an annual=0ABusiness Office audit this year?=A0 If s=
o, what kind of role did it play in=0Aaudit report and what kind of follow-=
up was done?=A0 Our IT dept was part of=0Athe audit this year and we weren'=
t sure if it was because we are using a=0Anew company or if there were new =
requirements out there.=0Athanks,=0Apage=0A=0APage Lennig=0ATechnology Dire=
ctor=0AWaynflete School=0A207-774-7863ext.320=0Apage_lennig@waynflete.org=
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