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| 3699.1 | | NETCAD::SHERMAN | Steve NETCAD::Sherman DTN 226-6992, LKG2-A/R05 pole AA2 | Thu Feb 16 1995 09:11 | 14 |
| computer audit (kum-pyoo'-ter ah'-dit) n. 1. A formal examination or
verification of records on a high-speed machine that performs mathematical
or logical calculations. 2. Management's way of hinting that you
should take Doom off your workstation. 3. Security's way of hinting
that someone's been yoinking hardware from your site. 4. Legal's way
of hinting that someone's copy of Windoze, DOS or Doom isn't
registered. 5. Uncle Sam's way of hinting that they, if nobody else,
actually believe the property is worth what DIAL claims. 6. Corporate's
way of hinting that your equipment is about to be given to someone who
isn't going to be TFSO'd (see layoff, restructuring, rightsizing,
downsizing, transitioning, engineering, re-engineering,
re-reengineering or your local headhunter). 7. None of the above.
It'll be months before anyone really pokes at your system. And
besides, all they'll do is slap a sticker on it.
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| 3699.2 | Nice one, Steve... | POBOX::CORSON | Higher, and a bit more to the right | Thu Feb 16 1995 10:21 | 1 |
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| 3699.3 | System Audit? | MKOTS3::WOODWARD | | Thu Feb 16 1995 16:14 | 7 |
| On a somewhat more serious, if less entertaining note, there is also
something often referred to as a computer systems audit. Internal Audit
comes in and reviews whether some finance or operational application
conforms to good system design, operation and maintenance standards.
This usually occurs over the space of a couple weeks and ends in a
written evaluation aimed at reducing risk and cost. Got any big
and costly mission-critical applications?
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| 3699.4 | A physical audit is in progress. | MUNCH::FRANCINI | I'd like to teach the world to ping... | Fri Feb 17 1995 00:36 | 13 |
| I think that a physical asset audit is in progress. A couple of people
came through the office area, one with a handheld inventory recording
computer + bar code scanner, the other short and nimble. The one with
the scanner would scan the bar codes on the fronts of systems,
printers, and other things that had barcode asset tags on them. The
short and nimble one went crawling around to the backs of hardware,
reading off model, serial, and asset numbers to the one with the
scanner, who would punch them in by hand. There was also a memo from
our upper management saying that this would happen.
John Francini
PATHWORKS server engineering
LKG2 Littleton, MA
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| 3699.5 | Getting too much done ? | FALCNS::ACUFF | | Fri Feb 17 1995 16:08 | 14 |
| RE: .0 Systems Audit
Traditional legacy systems engineering groups way of saying:
1. Hey your doing too much work with too little resources.
2. We better take a look at what your doing wrong.
3. We'll slow'em down with some processes.
4. We better kill that thing before it grows and threatens us.
Mark
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