As it's been explained to me, the SOX folks don't care what your procedures
are, whether they're "necessary and sufficient", "generally recognized as
safe", etc., just whether they're properly documented.

In other words, SOX doesn't care if your retention is month, 90 days, year,
etc., just that the retention interval is documented and that you can prove
it's actually being done as documented.

A better example might be tape reuse and destruction. If you have a
document saying that a DLT tape is good for 100,000 mounts, they'd want to
see a procedure for checking the mount counts and logs of tapes destroyed
because their counts were over 100,000.

HTH,

Conrad Macina
Pfizer, Inc.


On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 19:58:31 -0500, Werth, Dave <dave.werth AT GARMIN DOT COM>
wrote:

>Matt,
>
>We are in the middle of SOX stuff now too so I sympathize with you.  It
>seems to me we're pretty much just making it up as we go along.
>
>Nobody here has brought up tape retention or testing yet and I'm not saying
>anything that'll add to my current load.  I've got enough to do as it is :-
)
>
>Dave
>
>David Werth
>Garmin AT, Inc
>(formerly: UPS Aviation Technologies)
>(formerly: II Morrow)
>Salem, Oregon
>dave.werth AT garmin DOT com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ungaro, Matt [mailto:mjungaro AT CAPITOLINDEMNITY DOT COM]
>Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 10:51 AM
>To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
>Subject: [Networker] SOX
>
>I know this isn't really Networker related, but if you're like me you have
>to
>wade through Sarbanes Oxley right now. My question is, what exactly is
>required for SOX as far as tape retention and testing plans? It seems I'm
on
>a path of endless work, as the requirements keep shifting hourly. Thanks in
>advance!
>
>Matt
>
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