AI5.1:

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AI 5.1 Procurement Control

Control Objective:

Develop and follow a set of procedures and standards that is consistent with the business organization’s overall procurement process and acquisition strategy to ensure that the acquisition of IT-related infrastructure, facilities, hardware, software and services satisfies business requirements.

Applicability:

Sarbanes-Oxley
HIPAA
GLBA
PCI
FISMA
NIST SP 800-66
Ditscap
Control Exception
User Defined


Risk Association Control Activities:

1. Risk: Security and business continuity risks are introduced by technical designs incompatible with enterprise standards.
a. SOX.1.15 The organizations SDLC policies and procedures consider the development and acquisition of new systems and major changes to existing systems.



2. Risk: Controls provide reasonable assurance that the systems are appropriately tested and validated prior to being placed into production processes, and associated controls operate as intended and support financial reporting requirements.
a. SOX.5.4 A testing strategy is developed and followed for all significant changes in applications and infrastructure technology, which addresses unit, system, integration and user-acceptance-level testing so that deployed systems operate as intended.


3. Risk: New program developments and/or changes may be made that are unnecessary or inappropriate.
a. SOX.6.1.3 Request for new applications or changes to existing applications should be appropriately considered and processed.


Implementation Guide:

Process Narrative
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Process Illustration
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Control Commentary
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Control Exception Commentary
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Evidence Archive Location
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Control Status and Auditors Commentary
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Remediation Plan
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Supplemental Information:


Implementation guidance
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--Mdpeters 09:59, 23 June 2006 (EDT)