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Sarbanes-Oxley: a corporate governance law which came into effect in 2005. Created in the aftermath of a raft of high-profile financial scandals, including Enron and Worldcom,...; Sarbanes-Oxley definition on BNET »

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IT Controls Impact Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Efforts: Information Technology (IT) is, incontrovertibly, a central business process element in most organizations. Leaving IT out of the picture is no longer an option. The same can be said of the widespread initiatives businesses are undertaking related to Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA) compliance. With this in mind, many organizations have come...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Strategy, Protiviti, SOA, information technology, financial reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, compliance, business process, financial; White papers
Stellent Releases Sarbanes-Oxley Solution Version 7.5: Universal Content Management 7.5: Stellent, Inc., a provider of content management solutions, announced the release of version 7.5 of the Stellent Sarbanes-Oxley Solution and the Universal Content Management Solution. Stellent Sarbanes-Oxley Solution is a product designed to help companies streamline their processes for complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The new features and functionality in...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Information Today Inc., Stellent, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, content management, audit, consulting; White papers
Three Key Lessons on How to Cut the Costs of Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Gartner recommends that all of your applications than can assist with compliance be brought together in a common architecture. According to Gartner, public companies that don't have this common compliance architecture by 2006 will have to spend 50 percent more annually to achieve compliance. Gartner analysts recommend that 50 percent...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, World Bank Group, Gartner Inc., compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, consulting, insurance; White papers
Identity Management: A Cornerstone of Compliance: Discover how identity management (IdM) is helping today's businesses satisfy the control objectives set forth in Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). This brief but informative Webcast explains what those control objectives are and the role that IdM can play in helping you meet them. Find out what you...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Authentication/Encryption, Regulations, Oracle Corp., identity management, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Section 404, access control, compliance, Webcast; Webcasts
Process Improvement Through Sarbanes-Oxley: Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has left many questioning finance's value to an organization. Efforts to speedily meet Sarbanes-Oxley year-one certification requirements forced companies to ignore the merits of planning and improving processes. Companies that view Sarbanes-Oxley compliance as an improvement process are making greater strides toward a sustainable infrastructure...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, APQC, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, finance, compliance, process improvement, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance; White papers

Reducing the Costs of SOX Compliance: While many companies are already in full compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, most are finding it extremely time-consuming and expensive to prove their compliance to SOX auditors. This instructive white paper explains the various types of controls required to prove compliance with SOX and describes...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, RSA Security Inc., Sarbanes-Oxley Act, compliance, SOX compliance, identity management; White papers
Understanding the Implications of SOX to SOA: While a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) conveniently allows applications built on Web services to access other applications without using human intermediates, such robust capabilities can complicate compliance with the identity and access controls mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). The financial controls and reporting required by section 404 of...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Web services, Layer 7 Technologies Inc., Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOA, identity, SOX compliance, access management, Section 404, access control, on-demand, compliance, Web service, financ; Webcasts
Seven Ways to Reduce SOX Compliance Costs: Newly available on demand, this February 2005 webcast from RSA Security is a must-listen for any business or IT executive who is looking for a cost-effective way to meet the regulatory auditing and reporting requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other laws. Featured speaker Roberta Witty of Gartner begins the...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, RSA Security Inc., auditing, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Gartner Inc., SOX compliance, access management, provisioning, compliance, Webcast, information technology; Webcasts
Employee Morale & the Hidden Costs of SOX Compliance: Financial executives say employee morale presents the biggest challenge for ongoing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Read The 2005 Financial Executive Report on SOX and learn how executives are managing the compliance process and driving bottom-line business benefits from their compliance efforts. See the roadblocks that challenge ongoing SOX compliance, such as hiring...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Oversight Systems, SOX compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, employee morale, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, compliance, financial, hiring; White papers
COSO back in the limelight: "The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, enacted by the US Congress and had a major impact not just in the US, but on the financial services industry globally. One consequence has been a new focus on internal controls. Companies listed on the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) must comply...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, SEC, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, financial service, industry; White papers
Will cowboy management succumb to Sarbanes-Oxley?: Congratulations to everyone who works in the Accounting, Audit, Information Systems, or Operations departments of a publicly-traded U.S. company. By the power vested in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, you're officially joined at the hip with your coworkers. For those of you who haven't heard about SOX...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Financial accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, U.S. company, audit, accounting, board, financial, Web site, Web; White papers
Sarbanes-Oxley and BPM: Selecting Software That Will Enhance Compliance: Since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act became law in 2002, companies have been scrambling to update their financial reporting processes. Forward-looking businesses have turned to BPM systems to facilitate ongoing compliance. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) went into effect in July 2002; since then, it has had a far-reaching and complex impact on...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Financial Planning, Business process automation, Operational planning, Montgomery Research Inc., financial reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, BPM, International Accounting Standard, compliance, financial, software; White papers
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act Didn't Invent Penalties for Destruction of Evidence, But It Did Perfect Them: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was passed in the wake of seemingly endless financial scandals involving a number of public companies. The law is a new tool for the SEC to regulate publicly traded companies and protect the investing public from the actions of unscrupulous executives and accountants. Many careers,...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, information management, accountant, career, financial, tool; White papers
Private Companies: 4 Lessons From Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Many public companies subject to the provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 aren't happy with the increased paperwork and the higher compliance costs that have come with the legislation. Moreover, the thrust and spirit of the Act is reaching beyond companies trading on Wall Street. Some Sarbanes-Oxley requirements also are...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Microsoft Corp., Sarbanes-Oxley Act, compliance, benefit; White papers
IT Systems and SOX Compliance: IT plays a critical role in the operations of an organization. It is difficult to imagine a successful organization existing in the 21st century without some level of reliance on IT systems. In today's environment, financial reporting processes are driven by IT systems. Such systems are deeply embedded in initiating,...; Tags: Financial Planning, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Financial accounting, MetricStream Inc., financial reporting, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOX compliance, financial, information technology, compliance, environment; White papers
LookSmart Lowers Time, Costs to Complete Sarbanes-Oxley Audit: As the web continuously expands as a vast information resource, LookSmart provides innovative search-based solutions for consumers and business. A media and technology company, LookSmart helps web users find the essential information they need, advertisers connect with their customers through targeted advertising, and publishers provide relevant content and tools to...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Serena Software Inc., LookSmart Ltd., Sarbanes-Oxley Act, audit, Web, advertisement, tool; Case studies
Case Study: A Drug Company's Journey to Sustainable Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: A global pharmaceutical company wanted to transform its first-year Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 readiness project into a sustainable, company-wide internal control and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance capability. Working with the client's legal and finance leadership, the Deloitte* team developed an internal control roles and responsibilities framework to guide the client's Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Deloitte & Touche, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, finance, leadership, compliance, team, environment; Case studies
Revisiting Integrated Audit in Light of SOX: With the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, major stock exchanges, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and investors all demanding greater corporate accountability and transparency, some companies are finding a need for "integrated auditing" to assess and address risks throughout the organization. Many people have viewed integrated auditing as concurrently considering both process and...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Financial accounting, Regulations, Protiviti, auditing, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, audit, accountability, information technology; White papers
GMAC Commercial Mortgage: GMAC Commercial Mortgage Reduces Cost of Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance by 50 Percent: Facing the need to track more than a thousand business controls and manage several times as many documents for compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, GMAC Commercial Mortgage (GMACCM) knew that it would need more than spreadsheets and file shares. Risk Management Compass (RMC), developed using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Microsoft development tools, .NET, Microsoft Corp., Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Microsoft .NET Framework, risk management, compliance, spreadsheet; Case studies
Making Sense of Sarbanes-Oxley: Since it was thrust upon private industry two years ago, the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act has given corporate executives plenty of sleepless nights. The paper informs about a study which found that turnover among CFOs at Fortune 500 company's rose 23% last year, largely due to SOX. Sarbanes carries with it...; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory compliance, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, risk, monitor, industry; White papers