IMFO Annual Conference – 2015 S21: Good Governance & Oversight B2B
Sage Evolution Info Share – Market Segmentation
Sage Evolution Info Share – Number of Sites South African and International sites 9,408 Total number of sites 67,732 Total number of users …and counting! DestinationSites International 4,795 South Africa 4,613
Sage Evolution At SAGE, we believe that Good Governance is about strong leadership mitigating risks through:- Embracing Corporate Discipline Respecting the Statutes Deploying Enabling Systems and Business Processes Empowering People Good Governance Defined
Sage Evolution IT Governance is informed by:- Corporate Governance of Information and Communication Technology Policy Framework (CGICTPF) adopted by Cabinet King III ISO COBIT 5 IT Governance
Sage Evolution COBIT 5 - Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology
Sage Evolution AGSA Focus - Security Management IT security is managed at the highest organizational level (CIO) Strong password controls to authenticate system access, minimum character length, alpha numeric, encrypted, forced change of password Firewalls & routers are configured correctly within the network environment Patch management processes to prevent exploitation of vulnerabilities Antivirus software is implemented across the organisation System configurations need to ensure that security vulnerabilities and incidents are detected, monitored, reported and resolved on a regular basis Activities within the system network including databases are tracked, using audit trails and reviewed on a regular basis by someone independent of administration functions and in a senior position
Sage Evolution AGSA Focus - User Access Management Formally documented and approved user account management standards and procedures are in place Formal access request for registering users, changing of access rights, password resets and termination of access rights is approved by management The number of users with administrator privileges that can perform all functions pertaining to user account management is minimised Activities of system administrators are monitored by an independent person, in a senior position Periodic reviews of employee access rights and privileges to ensure it is in line with their job responsibilities are performed
Sage Evolution AGSA Focus - IT Service Continuity The IT continuity and disaster recovery plans have been incorporated into the organisational business continuity plan. The IT continuity plan and DRP has been distributed, updated and tested and is also stored at an offsite location An IT backup and retention strategy has been implemented Backup procedures for data and programs exist and are performed according to above strategy Backups are stored in a secure offsite storage facility Physical access and environmental controls over the offsite storage facility are implemented
Sage Evolution Product Stack – Municipal Solutions Project Tracking Sales & Purchase Orders Inventory Management CashBook Receivables General Ledger/Budgets/ Financials General Ledger/Budgets/ Financials Payables Branch Accounting Bank Manager Cash Manager Multi Currency Credit Control Fixed Assets Management Fixed Assets Management Customer Consolidation Annuity Billing Annuity Billing Job Costing Serial Numbers Manufacturing Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Management Cutomer Relationship Management Point of Sale Payroll & Human Resources Pricing Matrix Inventory Advisor Inventory Advisor Multi - Warehousing Lot Tracking Sage Intelligence Reporting Centre Cloud Solutions Software Development Kit Mobility Municipal Billing mSCOA Governance
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