Why Auditors Should Test Access Controls for Every In Scope System Sarbanes-Oxley and control design best practices require access controls be tested for every in-scope ERP system within an organization’s Risk and Control Matrix (RACM). While this may not be the standard for … March 22, 2023
Just Another Day and Another Breach… This Time on Dish Network ERP Risk Advisors comments on the Dish TV breach: Another day… another breach. While we do not know the details of what caused the breach this reminded us of the significant cyber risks organizations face when using Oracle’s E-Business Suite’s internet facing applications. March 14, 2023
FAA Failure: A Failure in IT Operations and Governance In early January, FAA software caused US flight operations to halt for several hours. For a summary of the software failure, see Adam Levin’s Bloomberg article “FAA Computer File Caused by People Who Damaged Data File”. February 15, 2023
ERP Risk Advisors and Excelencia Consulting Partner to Provide Tighter Security Controls for Oracle Cloud Implementations ERP Risk Advisors, the leader in risk content in the Oracle applications space, is pleased to announce a partnership with Excelencia Consulting an Oracle Solutions company headquartered in Austin, TX, with … January 20, 2023
ERP Risk Advisors is pleased to announce a partnership with Project EIDOS ERP Risk Advisors, the leader in risk content in the Oracle applications space, is pleased to announce a partnership with Project EIDOS an established UK IT Service Consultancy with a primary focus on … January 19, 2023
Two groundbreaking new products from ERP Risk Advisors you don’t want to miss! First, ERP Risk Advisors will be formally announcing our fixed price offering of custom roles for ERP Cloud at the Ascend conference in Las Vegas next month. If you are coming to Ascend, please … June 7, 2022
PCAOB Change in Expectations Driving Increasing Scope for SOC Reports ERP software provides organizations with tremendous benefits including vast configurable processes and standard reports used for reporting on data. ERP software comes in two flavors: those that … March 8, 2022
A Story of Perseverance I did it! My redemption race is done. I AM A IRONMAN!!! Two years, eight months and 20 days from my heart attack in the Oman 70.3 race, I completed my first full Ironman race in Arizona this past week. December 3, 2021
Are auditors looking at privileges that allow a user to override / bypass workflows? Despite having been in the Oracle applications space for over 20 years it is still a mystery to me what external auditors do or don’t do in their audit. Recently on vacation I ran into an IT auditor from a big … September 9, 2021