Belt and Suspenders, and From SOX to SOC’s: Changes in Service Audit Standards on the Service Organization’s Risk Management, Security and Process Controls
October 29, 2010 by Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. ·
It’s Halloween 2010. We’re spooked by “security controls from the dead” (or the moribund). How do you know your service provider is providing a secure environment for processing your transactions? Do you trust your service provider? Can you certify your outsourcing relationship can withstand a shareholder lawsuit claiming you lack the necessary audit and control […]
Outsourcing Law & Business Journal™: October 2010
October 29, 2010 by Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. ·
OUTSOURCING LAW & BUSINESS JOURNAL (™) : Strategies and rules for adding value and improving legal and regulation compliance through business process management techniques in strategic alliances, joint ventures, shared services and cost-effective, durable and flexible sourcing of services. www.outsourcing-law.com. Visit our blog at http://blog.outsourcing-law.com. Insights by Bierce & Kenerson, P.C., Editors. www.biercekenerson.com Vol. 10, […]
Failed Deals: Software Development – De Beers / Atos Origin
October 20, 2010 by Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. ·
Written by William B. Bierce and Henry (“Hank”) Jones, III When can a software developer (such as Atos Origin) walk off a critical systems design project for business-process transformation when the customer (such as the De Beers Diamond Trading) fails to provide the necessary subject matter expertise? Atos Origin found out, in a London court […]
Revision of the EU Data Protection Directive?
October 2, 2010 by SKW Schwarz ·
On 1 July 2010, a hearing was held in Brussels regarding the necessity to revise the Data Protection Directive. The objective of the hearing was a discussion of the results of a consultation made by the Commission before by way of a questionnaire survey. The hearing concluded that a complete revision of the European Data […]