1)
Your enterprise web site is used for (check all that apply)?
An online brochure
Web-based interfaces to business applications
Web Services or supply chain integration
2)
How do you discover operational problems with your business applications?
System alerts issued by a monitoring tool
Notice an increase in the log file size
User phone calls, emails
3)
Outside vendors, offsite employees, and consultants are given the following access to your internal network?
None (onsite access only).
Remote access via dedicated dial-up network.
Remote access via an Internet-based VPN.
Using standard Internet protocols.
4)
Number of business applications within your enterprise?
< 10
100 - 1000
> 1000
Not sure
5)
You have deployed EDI?
We do not use EDI.
Using a dedicated EDI network.
Using an Internet-based VPN.
Using standard Internet protocols.
6)
Which security/control initiatives are in place at your company?
Security Officer
Six Sigma, SEI, or Other Quality Management Program
Firewalls, Network Security, Enterprise-wide virus protection
7)
Are you in the process of or have you recently completed a merger or an acquisition?
8)
Have you implemented or are you considering any of the following (check all that apply)?
Supply Chain Integration
Customer Relationship Management
Enterprise Application Integration
Business Activity Monitoring
Offshoring Application Development
Outsourcing/Externalizing IT Services
Offshoring IT Services
9)
How would you describe your IT department's work load vs. capacity?
Appropriately budgeted, staffed, and under control
Under budgeted and under staffed, but able to meet most business needs
Interrupt driven
What's demanded and what's possible are irreconcilable
10)
How long would it take you to document all your enterprise's applications and their interdependencies?
2 minutes, it's on the file server and up-to-date.
Couple of days, we just need to update the one we already have.
A few weeks.
Forever, it changes so much as soon as we finished a version it would be out-of-date.
11)
Which of the following is true concerning your IT staff?
Certain key IT personnel have administrative (super user) access to all the company's servers.
IT positions have experienced high-turnover.
Overall the company is quite volatile.
IT staff are required to take minimum of a week vacation once a year.
12)
Have you engaged Flying Aces Technology to implement a continuous auditing process for your critical transaction applications?