[Ramius]

hehehe... well... put this in your COBIT and smoke it:

This comes from a questionairre that I had to complete. I swear to God that this really exists as a question on the sheet:

"Is there an appropriate assignment of responsibility and delegation of authority to deal with IT goals and objectives, operating function requirements and regulatory compliance requirements? "

Can SOMEBODY for the LUVAGOD please tell me what the F___ this means??

[JenB]

Sorry, I can't help. Haven't had enough vodka yet.

[HairOfTheDog]

Just say "yes!"

See ya - goin' to bed methinks!

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

They want to know if your company has assigned someone to coordinate between IT operations and compliance with the S-OX requirements. In other words, do you have someone who knows the S-OX requirements and can tell IT, "Hey, you can't do that, it's against the S-OX requirements!" or, "You have to do things this way to comply with the S-OX requirements!"

[RMDupree]

Basically it's asking whose ass in on the line if someone does wrong.

Is there an appropriate assignment of responsibility

Is there anyone responsible

and delegation of authority

with a clear manager we can report to

to deal with IT goals and objectives,

in case someone completely screws the pooch on IT goals and quotas,

operating function requirements

doesn't keep things running smoothly

and regulatory compliance requirements? "

or tries to get away with not following our Rules.

[SuziQ]

Can SOMEBODY for the LUVAGOD please tell me what the F___ this means??

Are you kiddin? The folks who WROTE it prolly don't even know what it means!! It just sounded good at the time.