Tag: Compliance

Effective identity and access management (IAM) is crucial to both data security and regulatory compliance. Closely governing identities and their access rights is vital to ensuring that each individual has access to only the business systems, applications and data that they need to perform their...

In 2022, Microsoft rebranded its compliance and risk management tools under the name Microsoft Purview. Microsoft Purview provides a wealth of valuable functionality, including capabilities formerly provided by tools like Office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft 365 Security Center and...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union law that governs how companies may collect and use the personal data of EU residents. It establishes standards that help ensure that this data is not stored, handled or shared in a way that would expose individuals to risk. The...

Information is an organization's most valuable asset — and with over 94% of US-based organizations using cloud-based systems, one data breach can have serious consequences for a growing business. Maintaining the integrity and security of your data should be high on your priority list...

Compliance requirements for ERP systems are on the rise — and given the customizability of NetSuite, if you're at a public or heavily regulated company, you can easily spend hours preparing your account for audit. We’ve heard first-hand that many public and pre-IPO companies are being asked to...

SOX compliance requirements are only going up — and cloud-based enterprise systems like NetSuite pose a unique set of challenges. When you need to dedicate IT, finance and accounting resources to meet these requirements, the result is a significant drain on the productivity of your...

The underlying principle of segregation of duties (SoD) is straightforward: users should not possess the ability to carry out multiple steps within a financial transaction. However, implementing and enforcing SoD in the real world, particularly within large organizations, poses significant...

Salesforce is an incredibly powerful system that nearly every department in an organization relies on. But as the platform evolves and businesses grow, complexity grows along with it — and without effective controls for managing that complexity, businesses can expose themselves to...

A clear and confident understanding of user roles is vital to successfully managing NetSuite. Whether you are implementing a new account, cleaning up an old one or setting up segregation of duties for SOX compliance, you need to have a firm grasp of a few fundamentals. Understanding User...

It is increasingly common for Salesforce Orgs to be in scope for SOX. Auditors are concerned about revenue-related data and critical business processes on the platform. The problem is that Orgs are complex, often highly customized, and much of what auditors are most concerned about is hidden...