Who to blame: IT guys or the finance guys?

We've hit on the idea that the IT guys and the finance/compliance guys have really got to work together to ease the Sarbanes-Oxley compliance process. If not, you could easily end up in a Boeing situation, where all out warfare breaks out. The tension is evident at many companies. To add fuel to the flames, a new study has found that the 65 percent of audit and compliance managers say their IT colleagues "lack the knowledge of risk and compliance issues to collaborate on identity and access management." But only 42 percent of IT pros said audit and compliance managers "lacked sufficient technical expertise to collaborate." So the haughty financial and compliance types take a dimmer view of the other side, apparently. Obviously, reducing the tension and getting the whole organization working together is a key challenge--easier said than done. The good news is that both sides seem to acknowledge the gravity of the issues.

For more:
- here's an article from Search Security.com