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SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 2010
SymSoft Corp. sells a program that lets top management know at a glance who's authorized to do what in companies' complex business software systems.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2010, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2010, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
With fewer staff covering more job functions, small to medium businesses (SMBs) are faced with frequent segregation of duties conflicts. Even if your company is not subject to Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) governance, adopting a SOX-conscious culture can greatly reduce the risk of unauthorized access the potential for fraud. Join us for this free webinar to find out about the state of SOX compliance in 2010 and how SMBs can go about implementing SOX-like controls.
NEWS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 04, 2010
SymSoft Corporation, a provider of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions for SAP® environments, today announced a partnership with the AGILOS Center of Expertise for GRC2, a network of seasoned specialists in SAP GRC based in The Netherlands, to resell ControlPanelGRC in Europe.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2010
SymSoft Corporation, a provider of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions for SAP® environments, today announced that Helena, Mont.-based Heritage Propane (NYSE: ETP), a propane distributor to residential, commercial and motor vehicle customers, has selected SymSoft’s ControlPanelGRC for its Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) initiative.
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FRIDAY, JULY 09, 2010
Powell Electronics is a wholesale electronics distributor based in Swedesboro, New Jersey, with operations in North America and Europe. A challenge common to SMEs, Powell’s employees often have multiple responsibilities, which means a single employee may have the ability to execute a combination of transactions that could result in error or fraud. Overly broad accesses in SAP was also a concern as a user could either accidentally or intentionally execute potentially harmful transactions outside of their job functions.
NEWS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 07, 2010
Like most small public companies, Abiomed Corp., a $73 million medical device maker, must meet all the same Sarbanes-Oxley internal control compliance requirements as most large public companies—but with quite fewer resources.
NEWS
MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2010
Fusion centers, which started as a project between the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, share information and intelligence with the federal government and within their local jurisdictions. The answer to the question of whether the centers conduct analysis varies widely, and it is partly dependent on whether the fusion center’s goal is to provide strategic-intelligence analysis or serve as a tactical operational data-sharing operation.
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TUESDAY, JUNE 01, 2010
MILWAUKEE – June 1, 2010 – SymSoft Corporation, a provider of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions for SAP® environments, today announced that global manufacturer Pentair, Inc. (NYSE:PNR) selected ControlPanelGRC™ to improve Segregation of Duties (SOD) analysis, Role provisioning and audit traceability for its Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance.
NEWS
TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2010
Gathering the documentation needed to prove what did and didn’t happen during the course of a year for Sarbanes-Oxley audits can be an arduous process. IT departments need to reveal the full backstory of all the business conducted. That means producing reports demanded by auditors that show, for example, when and by what authority certain access privileges were granted or revoked, or which employees approved and invoiced new suppliers.
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MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010
Hard to believe it's been 10 years since the days when IT controlled its own destiny (and budget), isn't it? Those who were around back then no doubt think of that era fondly. It was a time when CIOs held a place at the executive table and the rest of the business looked to IT to provide them with their next strategic advantage - hang the cost! Those who have come along since then can only imagine what it's like to have virtually unlimited resources at their disposal and the ability to bring in a new application without first having to write an extensive business case justifying the need for it.
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THURSDAY, MAY 06, 2010
SymSoft Corporation, a provider of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions for SAP® environments, today announced that two top officials and three key customer executives are speakers at the upcoming SAP SAPPHIRE NOW/ASUG 2010 Annual Conference on May 16-19 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010
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NEWS
THURSDAY, APRIL 01, 2010
With governmental regulations for compliance becoming all the more rigorous, Chief Audit Officers (CAOs) are finding themselves between a rock and a hard place regarding controlling costs and satisfying these more rigorous compliance demands. At the same time, external auditors are getting more sophisticated in their investigations of compliance – delving deeper into organizations’ controls.
NEWS
TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 2010
Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since the days when IT controlled its own destiny (and budget), isn’t it? Those who were around back then no doubt think of that era fondly. It was a time when CIOs held a place at the executive table and the rest of the business looked to IT to provide them with their next strategic advantage – hang the cost! Those who have come along since then can only imagine what it’s like to have virtually unlimited resources at their disposal and the ability to bring in a new application without first having to write an extensive business case justifying the need for it.
NEWS
TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 2010
SymSoft Corporation, a provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions for SAP environments, has announced the release of ControlPanelGRC User and Role Change Analyzer. The new module, which is part of SymSoft's ControlPanelGRC suite of GRC solutions, provides security administrators with the ability to create additional documentation on the reasons changes were made on users and provide versioning of roles in SAP systems.
NEWS
TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2010
SymSoft Corporation, a provider of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions for SAP® environments, today announced the release of ControlPanelGRC User and Role Change Analyzer.
WHITE PAPER
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2010
Publicly traded companies are required to act in accordance with various compliance regulations, including occupational health and safety policies, privacy laws, financial reporting, and corporate governance rules intended to protect investors. Such regulations include HIPAA and Sarbox. Compliance and management of all these regulations is a daunting task that, when handled manually, is time consuming and risky.
NEWS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2010
Those who were around back then no doubt think of that era fondly. It was a time when CIOs held a place at the executive table and the rest of the business looked to IT to provide them with their next strategic advantage – hang the cost! Those who have come along since then can only imagine what it’s like to have virtually unlimited resources at their disposal and the ability to bring in a new application without first having to write an extensive business case justifying the need for it.
NEWS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 09, 2010
When the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was first enacted in 2002 in the wake of several very visible accounting scandals, small to medium enterprises may have felt they dodged a very expensive bullet. The requirement to document processes for governance, risk management and compliance (GRC), and have them confirmed by outside auditors only applied to publicly traded companies. Unlike their publicly traded brethren, SMEs were not forced to purchase costly GRC software, did not have to re-direct resources from their normal daily tasks to prepare for audits, and did not have to change their methods of operation to comply with a government mandate.
NEWS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 02, 2010
SymSoft Corporation, a provider of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions for SAP® environments, today announced the release of ControlPanelGRC Batch Manager. The new module, which is part of SymSoft’s ControlPanelGRC second-generation suite of GRC applications, creates a centralized infrastructure that simplifies complex batch job scheduling.
WHITE PAPER
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 01, 2010
With its mission of “recovering hearts and saving lives,” Abiomed (NASDAQ: ABMD) develops, manufactures and markets advanced medical technologies designed to assist or replace the pumping function of the failing heart. It is the global leader for products in the acute heart failure market and ships more ventricle assist devices (VADs) than any other company worldwide. Founded in 1981, Abiomed is the only company in the world with exclusive labeling on ventricular assist devices for all potentially recoverable heart failure indications. The company has more than 300 employees spread across its corporate headquarters in Danvers, Mass., and its office in Aachen, Germany, with fiscal 2009 revenue of $73.2 million.
NEWS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2010
Compliance, they say, is like bitter medicine. The end result is wonderful, but the process makes you grimace. And that grimace is usually more intense when the business trying to comply with the morass of government standards and regulations is a small or mid-sized firm.
NEWS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2009
Compliance is the business world’s version of the heart attack. After the accounting scandals of the early 21st Century, enterprises were forced to put in controls over their business processes, mostly in the area of Segregation of Duties (SOD), to meet compliance laws. The first-generation tools they had were adequate, like a worn-out treadmill or an old pamphlet on eating healthy. But the process was still painstaking and painful.
NEWS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2009
Sometimes, it takes a painful event for us to do what’s good for us. For example, many of us talk about eating better, exercising more and generally getting healthier. But that’s all it is -- until we have a heart attack. After that wake-up call, we’re forced into doing the things we always knew we should, and after we get past that first painful period of adjustment, we find we’re the better for it.
NEWS
MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2009
Sometimes, it takes a painful event for us to do what’s good for us, says Dan Wilhelms, President and C.E.O. of SymSoft. For example, many of us talk about eating better, exercising more and getting healthier. But that’s all it is – until we have a heart attack. After that wake-up call, we’re forced to do things we always knew we should, and after we get past that first painful period of adjustment, we find we’re better for it.
WHITE PAPER
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2009
Sometimes, it takes a painful event for us to do what’s good for us. For example, many of us talk about eating better, exercising more and generally getting healthier. But that’s all it is – until we have a heart attack. After that wake-up call, we’re forced into doing the things we always knew we should, and after we get past that first painful period of adjustment, we find we’re the better for it.
NEWS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2009
After 15 years working with SAP technology and business processes, including 13 specifically in security, Shelton James knows a thing or two about governance, risk and compliance (GRC) in an SAP environment.
NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009
When the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was first enacted in 2002, in the wake of several very visible accounting scandals, small to medium enterprises (SMEs) may have felt they dodged a very expensive bullet.
NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009
Business is an example where this can happen. Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) were left out of the requirements for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX). Only publicly traded companies were “forced” to document processes for Governance, Risk management and Compliance (GRC) then to be confirmed by outside auditors.
NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2009
Once in a while, you can be better off getting hit with that bullet you thought you dodged. Business is an example where this can happen. Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) were left out of the requirements for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX). Only publicly traded companies were “forced” to document processes for Governance, Risk management and Compliance (GRC) then to be confirmed by outside auditors.
NEWS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009
SymSoft says the latest version of its integrated governance, risk and compliance (GRC) application, ControlPanelGRC, has been Web-enabled
NEWS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 09, 2009
SymSoft announced it has included several enhancements in the latest release of ControlPanelGRC, the company’s second-generation suite of modular, integrated GRC applications that address the major areas of compliance. The enhancements were all created to simplify use and save time for both users and administrators.
NEWS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009
Producing the records that auditors need in order to certify a company’s books and its processes can take up to months if done manually. Automated governance, risk and compliance (GRC) management solutions offer two major benefits: they can substantially reduce the cost of an audit, and auditors tend to look less deeply into automated record reports.
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Seven Ways SMEs Can Benefit From Governance, Risk And Compliance Solutions- Business Computing World
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009
When the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was first enacted in 2002 in the wake of several very visible accounting scandals, small to medium enterprises (SMEs) may have felt they dodged a very expensive bullet. The requirement to document processes for Governance, Risk management and Compliance (GRC), and have them confirmed by outside auditors only applied to publicly traded companies.
NEWS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009
SymSoft Corporation, a provider of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions for SAP environments, on October 23 announced that York, Pa.-based Graham Packaging has realized significant cost savings and improved functionality with ControlPanelGRC, SymSoft’s second-generation suite of modular, integrated GRC applications that address the major areas of compliance.
NEWS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2009
SymSoft Corporation , a provider of Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions for SAP® environments, today announced that York, Pa.-based Graham Packaging has realized significant cost savings and improved functionality with ControlPanelGRC , SymSoft's second-generation suite of modular, integrated GRC applications that address the major areas of compliance .
NEWS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2009
With governmental regulations for compliance becoming all the more rigorous, chief audit officers (CAOs) are finding themselves between a rock and a hard place regarding controlling costs and satisfying these more rigorous compliance demands. At the same time, external auditors are getting more sophisticated in their investigations of compliance--delving deeper into organizations' controls.
NEWS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 06, 2009
ControlPanelGRC is a second-generation suite of modular, integrated Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) applications that address the major areas of compliance concern at every level. Developed by SymSoft and supported by Symmetry Corporation’s 14 years of SAP experience, ControlPanelGRC provides the perfect GRC solution for SAP-based environments. ControlPanelGRC works with companies to maximize compliance investments, to improve productivity and responsiveness, and to drive effectiveness.
NEWS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 05, 2009
Affordable, Comprehensive Suite Fully Informs Executives While Accelerating Workflows for Improved Productivity and Responsiveness
WHITE PAPER
MONDAY, OCTOBER 05, 2009
While the original drivers of the compliance movement have mostly faded from the general public’s consciousness, the stringent requirements left in their wake have not. Government mandates, varied industry regulations, organizational controls, trade issues and security risks continue to be matters of increasing concern that require meticulous attention to detail and (at some point) action.
NEWS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 05, 2009
York, Pennsylvania-based Graham Packaging is a global leader in the design, sale and manufacture of value-added, custom blow-molded plastic containers for branded foods and beverages, personal care and specialty products, household products, and chemical-based products including automotive lubricants. Originally an extension of a design engineering firm, today the company has 80 plants employing approximately 7,500 people in 16 countries around the world. Although it is privately held, Graham Packaging is a registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) due to obligations in connection with publicly transacted bond debt, and thus is subject to the same governance, risk and compliance (GRC) standards as if it were publicly traded.
NEWS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 05, 2009
SymSoft Corporation, a provider of Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) solutions for SAP® environments, today announced the general availability of ControlPanelGRC, a second-generation suite of modular, integrated GRC applications that address the major areas of compliance concern at every level for SAP users, especially in heavily regulated industries. For the first time, organizations can embed compliance and automate workflows through capabilities unavailable before – in a cost-effective manner. Ultimately, the results drive business innovation and competitiveness.
NEWS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 05, 2009
By now, most organizations have taken initial strides in their governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) projects. For many of these companies, the first step was to improve their segregation of duties (SOD) activities — with the help of tools like SAP BusinessObjects Access Control, for instance. Now, with a growing push to achieve cost savings in their GRC projects, these companies are asking a tough question: How can we maximize our compliance investments, improve productivity and responsiveness, and drive effectiveness? The answer is easy: By using complementary solutions like ControlPanelGRC to automate your business processes.
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NEWS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
There are many hardware issues affecting software performance in today's SAP infrastructures. The question is, who resolves these issues: the hardware team or the software team?
NEWS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
The role that hardware has played in the overall SAP infrastructure has remained essentially unchanged for the past two decades, says Bruce Richardson, chief research officer of AMR Research.
NEWS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 01, 2009
With governmental regulations for compliance becoming all the more rigorous, Chief Audit Officers (CAOs) are finding themselves between a rock and a hard place regarding controlling costs and satisfying these more rigorous compliance demands. At the same time, external auditors are getting more sophisticated in their investigations of compliance – delving deeper into organizations’ controls.
NEWS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2009
With governmental regulations for compliance becoming all the more rigorous, chief audit officers (CAOs) are finding themselves between a rock and a hard place regarding controlling costs and satisfying these more rigorous compliance demands. At the same time, external auditors are getting more sophisticated in their investigations of compliance — delving deeper into organizations’ controls.