[171470] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: We hit half-million: The Cidr Report
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Souter)
Thu May 1 14:07:46 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Thu, 01 May 2014 19:07:32 +0100
From: John Souter <john@linx.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <2A8E2710-B45E-4510-AD57-790A33DF5FE0@delong.com>
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On 01/05/14 17:41, Owen DeLong wrote:
> The problem with this theory is that if auditors can be so easily put t=
o the
> street, you run into the risk of auditors altering behavior to increase=
customer
> satisfaction in ways that prevent them from providing the controls that=
are the
> reason auditors exist in the first place.
I disagree. And the power balance is generally tilted way in favour of
the auditors, as many people on this thread have already commented. In
my experience, most companies are afraid/inhibited to raise issues or
challenge their auditors in any way. Nobody is asking auditors to roll
over, but if their behaviour is unprofessional/illogical, then a short
sharp shock should do the trick.
> If you don=92t believe me, examine the history of Arthur Anderson and t=
heir
> relationship with a certain Houston-based company which failed spectacu=
larly.
Can't really comment, but it was financial auditing, and ISTR that many
things failed in that situation - not just financial auditing.
John
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