Top 10 Access Control Violations
- Unidentified or unresolved segregation of duties
- OS access controls on financial apps or portal not secure
- DB access supporting financial applications not secure
- Dev staff can run business transactions in production
- Lots of users with access to "super user" transactions
- Previous employees or consultants have system access
- Posting periods not restricted within GL application
- Custom programs, tables and interfaces are not secured
- Procedures for manual processes do not exist or not followed
- System docs do not match actual process
(Source: Ken Vander Wal, Partner, National Quality Leader, E&YISACA Sarbanes Conference, 4/6/04)