Operational Audits. During the Audit Period, Successful Respondent shall provide to DIR and DIR Customers (and internal and external auditors, inspectors, regulators, and other representatives that DIR or DIR Customers may designate from time to time, including customers, vendors, licensees, and other third parties to the extent DIR or the DIR Customers are legally or contractually obligated to submit to audits by such Entities), and the State Auditor's Office and any successor governmental authorities (collectively, "DIR Auditors"), provided any such external customers, vendors, licensees and other third parties agree to protect Successful Respondent’s Confidential Information subject to applicable public information laws, access at reasonable hours and upon reasonable notice to Successful Respondent Personnel, to the facilities at or from which Services are then being provided and to Successful Respondent records and other pertinent information, all to the extent relevant to the Services and Successful Respondent’s obligations under this Agreement. Such access shall be provided for the purpose of performing audits and inspections to (i) verify the integrity of DIR Data, (ii) examine the systems that process, store, support, and transmit that data (including system capacity, performance, and utilization), (iii) examine the internal controls (e.g., financial controls, human resources controls, organizational controls, input/output controls, system modification controls, processing controls, system design controls, and access controls) and the security, disaster recovery, and back-up practices and procedures, (iv) examine Successful Respondent’s performance of the Services, (v) verify Successful Respondent’s reported performance against the applicable Service Levels, (vi) examine Successful Respondent’s measurement, monitoring, and management tools, and (vii) enable DIR and the DIR Customers to meet applicable legal, regulatory and contractual requirements. Successful Respondent shall (1) provide any assistance reasonably requested by DIR Auditors in conducting any such audit, including installing and operating audit software, (2) make requested Successful Respondent Personnel, records and information available to DIR Auditors, and (3) in all cases, provide such assistance, personnel, records and information in an expeditious manner to facilitate the timely completion of such audit. If an audit reveals a non-trivial breach of this Agreement, Successful Respondent shall, upon D...
Operational Audits. Upon Symetra’s request, but no more often than once annually except: (a) as necessary for Symetra to respond to any regulatory requirement or inquiry; or (b) as deemed reasonably necessary by Symetra as a result of Symetra’s good faith belief that ACS has breached any of its obligations hereunder and such breach has exposed, or in Symetra’s reasonable judgment, is likely to expose, Symetra to financial or other liabilities in excess of [***], ACS shall allow Symetra and/or any independent Third Party selected by Symetra from among the firms listed on Attachment Q, or any other firm that may then be agreed to by the Parties, to perform operational and/or security audits with respect to ACS’ performance of its obligations hereunder. If a firm listed on Attachment Q might otherwise be ineligible to act as Symetra’s auditor under this Section due to a conflict of interest arising from a former or current representation of ACS, ACS and Symetra agree that such conflict may be eliminated by the audit firm’s creation of an ethical wall or other screening procedure satisfactory to both parties. ACS shall grant, and shall cause its Subcontractors to grant, Symetra and its Third Party representatives full and complete access to ACS’ and its Subcontractors’ facilities (including, without limitation, the Symetra-specific network and systems environments so that vulnerability and penetration assessments can be performed) and all books, records and other documents of ACS and its Subcontractors as they relate to this Agreement, or as they may be required in order for Symetra to ascertain any facts relative to ACS’ performance hereunder. ACS shall provide Symetra, or its authorized Third Party representatives, such information and assistance as requested in order to perform such audits; provided, however, that the Parties shall endeavor to arrange such assistance in such a way that it does not interfere with ACS’ performance of the Services. If any audit reveals a material inadequacy or deficiency in ACS’ performance, the cost of such audit, up to a cap of [***], shall be borne by ACS. ACS shall incorporate this paragraph verbatim into any Agreement into which it enters with any Subcontractor providing Services under this Agreement.
Operational Audits. During the Audit Period (as defined in Section 9.12(a), Supplier shall, and shall cause its Subcontractors and suppliers to, provide to Hercules (and internal and external auditors, inspectors, regulators and other representatives that Hercules may designate from time to time), including customers, vendors, licensees and other third parties to the extent Hercules or the Eligible Recipients are legally or contractually obligated to submit to audits by such entities) access at reasonable hours to Supplier Personnel, to the facilities at or from which Services are then being provided and to Supplier records and other pertinent information, all to the extent relevant to the Services and Supplier’s obligations under this Agreement. Such access shall be provided for the purpose of performing audits and inspections to (i) verify the integrity of Hercules Data, (ii) examine the systems that process, store, support and transmit that data, (iii) examine the internal controls (e.g., financial controls, human resource controls, organizational controls, input/output controls, system modification controls, processing controls, system design controls, and access controls) and the security, disaster recovery and back-up practices and procedures; (iv) examine Supplier’s performance of the Services; (v) verify Supplier’s reported performance against the applicable Service Levels; and (vi) examine Supplier’s measurement, monitoring and management tools. Supplier shall (i) provide any assistance reasonably requested by Hercules or its designee in conducting any such audit, including installing and operating audit software, (ii) make requested personnel, records and information available to Hercules or its designee, and (iii) in all cases, provide such assistance, personnel, records and information in an THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN REDACTED AND IS THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST. REDACTED MATERIAL IS MARKED WITH [******] AND HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. expeditious manner to facilitate the timely completion of such audit. If an audit reveals a non-trivial breach of this Agreement, Supplier shall promptly reimburse Hercules for the actual cost of such audit.
Operational Audits. (a) During the Audit Period, Successful Respondent shall provide to DIR and DIR Customers (and internal and external auditors, inspectors, regulators, and other representatives that DIR or DIR Customers may designate from time to time, including customers, vendors, licensees, and other third parties to the extent DIR or the DIR Customers are legally or contractually obligated to submit to audits by such Entities), and the State Auditor's Office and any successor governmental authorities (collectively, "DIR Auditors"), provided any such external customers, vendors, licensees and other third parties agree to protect Successful Respondent’s Confidential Information subject to applicable public information laws, access at reasonable hours, and upon reasonable notice to Successful Respondent Personnel, to the facilities at or from which Services are then being provided and to Successful Respondent records and other pertinent information, all to the extent relevant to the Services and Successful Respondent’s obligations under this Agreement. Such access shall be provided for the purpose of performing audits and inspections to:
Operational Audits. (a) Annual key risk review of main financial systems in support of external audit opinion;
Operational Audits. 9.1.4.1 In the event of detecting any abnormalities in the fulfilment of labour obligations, ENEL shall be entitled to perform operational audits at any premises of the Supplier and/or its subcontractors, who must perform the corresponding actions to facilitate the task for the personnel designated by ENEL.
Operational Audits. Each Contract Year, Vendor shall require its Auditors to conduct an examination of Vendor’s compliance with this Agreement with scope and objectives to be approved by the Commonwealth in advance. Vendor also shall require its Key Subcontractors to participate in such compliance audits. This audit shall be conducted for the previous fiscal Year ending June 30, 20xx. For the first Contract Year this may be only for a partial year. Vendor shall deliver to the Commonwealth five (5) copies of such audit report within two (2) months after conducting the audit (but in no event later than November 1 following the fiscal year end for which the audit was conducted) and Vendor shall prepare and implement a corrective action plan to correct any deficiencies or resolve any problems identified in such report. A copy of the corrective action plan shall be provided to the Commonwealth within thirty (30) days following the delivery of the audit report. In addition, at any time, and from time to time, during the Term, the Commonwealth may engage such Auditors as it shall deem appropriate (except that such Auditors shall not be Vendor Competitors) to conduct an audit of Vendor’s and its Subcontractors’ practices, the facilities used by Vendor or Vendor’s Subcontractors to provide the Services, and related operational matters (including audits of Vendor’s legal compliance and Vendor’s security policies and practices with regard to IT and data access and control) in order to verify compliance with the terms of this Agreement. Any such audit shall be conducted in a reasonable manner and after reasonable advance notice (except that no notice shall be required with respect to a security audit). For purposes of such audit, Vendor shall, and shall cause its Subcontractors to, grant the Commonwealth and its representatives full and complete access, during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice, to the relevant portion of Vendor’s and its Subcontractors’ books, records, documents, data, and information, as they relate to this Agreement, and with the prior consent of Vendor (which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), access to relevant Vendor Personnel’s comptroller, access to relevant Vendor Personnel. Vendor shall, and shall cause its Subcontractors to, provide the Commonwealth, or its authorized representatives, with such information and assistance as are reasonably requested in order to perform such audits, provided that the Parties shall endeavor to arrange ...
Operational Audits. Provider shall provide to Customer and to internal and external auditors, inspectors, regulators and other representatives that Customer may designate from time to time (“Customer Auditors”) access in accordance with Section 14.2(b) below to perform operational audits and inspections of Provider, Provider Agents and their respective facilities (“Operational Audits”), to: (i) verify the integrity of the Customer Data; (ii) examine the systems that access, process, store, support and transmit that data and examine the results of external Third Party data processing audits or reviews relating to Provider’s operations relevant to the Services; (iii) verify whether the Services comply with Customer Compliance Requirements and the requirements of the “Privacy Requirements” Exhibit; (iv) evaluate Provider’s compliance with the requirements of the “Information Security Requirements” Exhibit (i.e., Provider’s physical and logical security and Disaster Recovery Services), including examination of all self-conducted and Third Party intrusion vulnerability and CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR PORTIONS OF THIS EXHIBIT. THE COPY FILED HEREWITH OMITS THE INFORMATION SUBJECT TO A CONFIDENTIALITY REQUEST. OMISSIONS ARE DESIGNATED [ * * * ]. A COMPLETE VERSION OF THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. penetration assessments and reports; (v) confirm that the Services are being provided in accordance with the Agreement, including the Service Levels; (vi) verify the integrity of Provider’s Performance Reports (including raw data from which such Performance Reports are compiled); (vii) facilitate Customer Group’s compliance with Customer Compliance Requirements; and (viii) examine, test and assess Provider’s systems, policies and procedures relating to intrusion detection and interception with respect to the Provider systems used to provide the Services, provided that any penetration testing on Shared Systems or any other system which would reasonably impact a Provider customer shall be subject to Provider’s security policies and the prior written consent of the Third Party with whom such system is shared, which Provider shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain.
Operational Audits. The Parties will agree on a mutually acceptable audit plan for each Supplier Facility that provides Services to multiple Eligible Recipients with respect to audits performed by such Eligible Recipients (e.g., coordinate audits by multiple Eligible Recipients). During the Audit Period, Supplier shall, and shall cause its Subcontractors to, provide to Ascension Health (and internal and external auditors, inspectors, regulators and other representatives that Ascension Health may designate from time to time, including third parties to the extent any Eligible Recipient is legally or contractually obligated to submit to audits by such entities that relate to the Services (collectively, “Permitted Auditors”)) access at reasonable hours to Supplier Personnel, to Systems used by Supplier, to the facilities at or from which Services are then being provided and to Supplier records and other pertinent information, all to the extent relevant to the Services, usage of Third Party Software and Ascension Health Data and Supplier’s obligations under this Agreement, including Supplier’s obligations with respect to an applicable disaster recovery/business continuity plan. If an audit is performed to determine whether deficiencies identified in a prior audit have been remediated, and the results of such audit reflect that such deficiencies have not been remediated, Supplier shall promptly reimburse Ascension Health for the [**] of such audit attributable to the failed area and any [**] to verify that such breach has been corrected. (c)
Operational Audits. The Parties acknowledge and agree that the JVC shall permit one or more duly authorized representative of each Party, upon reasonable advance written notice to the JVC and during regular business hours, to access and audit the JVC’s (and any contractor of JVC involved in product manufacture, research and development) operations, the records and documents relating thereto to ensure compliance with the each Plan and Budget and Semi-annual Plan and Budget and Applicable Laws (including for purposes of conducting internal audits prior to an inspection by a Regulatory Authority) in connection with the development and commercialization of the JVC Products (including manufacturing thereof). The JVC shall record, respond and address all observations of the applicable Party. Each Party shall conduct the foregoing operational audit at its own costs.
