The Bryan System^SM: GSA Doc-It Software

Fedlinx's web-based software for GSA Schedule contract document management saves your company both time and money. The GSA Doc-It Software organizes and retains your company's GSA data and documents, reducing the time it takes to find and retrieve information (especially for customer assist visits or audits), eliminating loss of information due to employee turnover. Implementing the GSA Doc-It Software also helps your company establish firm processes and procedures for recording and organizing data, thereby increasing compliance and reducing the likelihood of governmental fines.

Doc-It Security Features

Software Security

The GSA Doc-It Software has safeguards and security built into the program. These protocols are divided into an Administration level and a User level. Each user has a specific user name, password and permissions as determined by our company. The Administration level is responsible for maintaining the program.

Fedlinx has taken extensive measures to ensure the Doc-It server is secure at all times. The server is in a secure third-party location, which has only bio-metric access to the server. The server is located behind several layers of firewalls and routers, and it is isolated on its own subnet. Backups are performed weekly, with incrementals on a daily basis. Power, connectivity and air conditioning are controlled with redundant devices. Connections to the server are monitored daily with error alerts and alerts for any attempt to penetrate the data.

Additionally, our third-party location holds a SAS 70 Type I certification from the federal government. This certification encompasses regulations that cover security, data security, procedures and rules.

SAS 70 Type I certification

SAS 70 Overview

Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 70, Service Organizations, is a widely recognized auditing standard developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). A service auditor's examination performed in accordance with SAS No. 70 ("SAS 70 Audit") is widely recognized, because it represents that a service organization has been through an in-depth audit of their control objectives and control activities, which often include controls over information technology and related processes. In today's global economy, service organizations or service providers must demonstrate that they have adequate controls and safeguards when they host or process data belonging to their customers. In addition, the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 make SAS 70 audit reports even more important to the process of reporting on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting.

SAS No. 70 is the authoritative guidance that allows service organizations to disclose their control activities and processes to their customers and their customers' auditors in a uniform reporting format. The issuance of a service auditor's report prepared in accordance with SAS No. 70 signifies that a service organization has had its control objectives and control activities examined by an independent accounting and auditing firm. The service auditor's report, which includes the service auditor's opinion, is issued to the service organization at the conclusion of a SAS 70 examination.

SAS No. 70 provides guidance to enable an independent auditor ("service auditor") to issue an opinion on a service organization's description of controls through a Service Auditor's Report (see below). SAS 70 does not specify a pre-determined set of control objectives or control activities that service organizations must achieve. Service auditors are required to follow the AICPA's standards for fieldwork, quality control, and reporting.

More in The Bryan System^SM

• The Bryan System^SM
• GSA Systems Analysis^SM
• GSA Doc-It Software
• Dr. Bryan's GSA Compliance System Book
• Why Comply?
• Tales of Noncompliance

The Bryan System^SM

Your GSA Compliance Manager

An integral part of your compliance system and an unprecedented safeguard for your GSA profits, we are proud to introduce the Bryan System.

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