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SOX Life Blog: Reader Question - Understanding & Evaluating Segregation of Duties

By Toby Lucich

I appreciate when readers share their challenges in applying issues and concepts, as invariably there are an additional dozen people also struggling with this same topic.

One professional writes:

I am new at this and need to understand about SOX and SOD, do you have any other resources? I am looking for Purchases Orders to Negotiations for credit terms, to who enters the new vendor and who signs and who does Accounts Payable all the way through to Fixed Assets? Can you help or recommend a book on SOD or an inexpensive software solution?

This reader had already come across a few past entries (Explaining Segregation of Duties, SOD Part II), and was still struggling with putting the concept into application. An additional entry that is less apparent was on the access management challenges that organizations face when cleaning up business practices - a highly correlated discussion.

My best recommendation for a quick overview and orientation to control practices...

SOX Life Blog: Reader Question - Understanding & Evaluating Segregation of Duties

Full post as published by inside Sarbanes Oxley on April 17, 2008 (boomark / email).