Sarbanes Oxley compliance

The Sarbanes Oxley compliance or SOX compliance has been a huge concern for corporations across North America over the last few years. We will discuss some of the features and practices in Dynamics NAV that help make the life of SOX-compliance auditors a lot easier.

Security, backups, and authorization

Dynamics NAV provides an extensive range of tools to work with security, most of which have been discussed in this chapter. In addition, Dynamics NAV also provides an integrated security structure with Windows Authentication and the SQL Server security model. The Dynamics NAV backup feature provides the ability to back up the database from within the application. Regular backups could also be scheduled to ensure effective database recovery procedures are in place.

Access control and audit trail

In addition to that, a user is restricted by Dynamics NAV roles and permissions to the level where the user is able to perform his daily activities on the system. This...