January 17, 2009 3:26 AM
Posted by: Charles Denyer
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service providersThat's right. Compliance for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards, simply known as PCI DSS, is mandatory for all merchants and many service providers. How mandatory? Enough for MN Governor Tim Pawlenty
January 16, 2009 3:46 PM
Posted by: Charles Denyer
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sas70Today's data centers and managed services providers are complex businesses, providing customers with a wide array of services. As such, SAS 70 audits have become the standard compliance audit for assessing internal controls for data centers and managed...
December 31, 2008 11:36 PM
Posted by: Charles Denyer
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December 31, 2008 11:30 PM
Posted by: Charles Denyer
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SOXSAS 70 Type I and Type II audits have become common for many organizations providing critical outsourcing services to companies. Known as service organizations, they have all landed on the regulatory radar of having to be SAS 70 compliant, due...
December 31, 2008 11:25 PM
Posted by: Charles Denyer
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sas70.us.comAs an auditor, I am constantly approached by my clients desperately wanting to know if efficiencies can be obtained within the audit and assessment process for companies undergoing both a SAS70 audit and a PCI DSS...
December 31, 2008 11:19 PM
Posted by: Charles Denyer
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SOXThe impacts, in my opinion, are the following. Interestingly, the last decade has seen somewhat of a shift in auditing. That's not to say there has been a decrease in this specialized service, quite to the contrary. The shift has occurred as financial statement auditing has begun to see somewhat...
December 30, 2008 3:21 PM
Posted by: Charles Denyer
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What is SAS 70?When ushering in the new year festivities, keep in mind that a number of regulatory compliance issues will be facing your organization also as 2009 looms just around the corner. No, they're not stocking stuffers, rather, they can be considered expensive, time-consuming, and arduous, to say the...
December 30, 2008 2:37 PM
Posted by: Charles Denyer
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What is SAS 70?If you are seeking to learn more about SAS 70 Type I and SAS 70 Type II audits, then one of the most effective ways for truly gaining an understanding of the auditing standard is to see what the finished product looks like-that is, a final SAS...
