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Compliance: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act

whitepaper Sarbanes-Oxley (commonly called "SarbOx" or "SOX") is law today. It was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 2002 in the wake of serious accounting scandals perpetrated by major U.S.corporations. It affects the accounting, financial reporting, and...

Tags: electronic data interchange

[17 May 2008]

Compliance: The California Security Breach Notification Act (SB 1386)

whitepaper While lawsuits can be sufficiently damaging to a company's bottom line and reputation by themselves, failing to deal with the risks associated with SB 1386 could trigger violations of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which has serious consequences for...

Tags: security standards

[17 May 2008]

Improving Intercompany Reconciliation for a Faster Close

whitepaper In 2007, businesses moved beyond the initial need to comply with legislation like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and instead focused on driving sustainability and control into their corporate processes.

Tags: back-office

[15 May 2008]

The Fast Close: Achieving Quick Wins and Big Wins

whitepaper For a brief period in the late 1990s, companies became more efficient at closing their books and reporting their financial information, but compliance regulations such as International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the Sarbanes-Oxley...

Tags: back-office

[15 May 2008]

TechNet Webcast: Active Directory and Compliance Standards (Level 300)

whitepaper The webcast explains what is needed to comply with federal regulatory standards like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA).

Tags: security standards

[01 May 2008]

Global security spend to hit $10.5bn

News The need for businesses to be compliant with government regulations, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, remains a significant factor driving security-spending decisions, where investments are justified simply because the damage from breaches is...

Tags: smes, security

[28 Apr 2008]

How Compliant is YOUR Email Archive?

whitepaper Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA) Failure to archive your emails can have dire consequences for your business. Do any of these regulations impact you? HIPAA Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Rules

Tags: back-up, emails, archive, dire

[16 Apr 2008]

Are rogue traders an inevitable evil?

Comment The much-vaunted Sarbanes-Oxley Act passed by the US Congress in 2002 was meant to have a far-reaching effect on Western multinationals, at considerable cost and effort. Cheat Sheets  Basel II  MiFID  Sarbanes-Oxley

Tags: fraud, societe generale, rogue trader

[15 Apr 2008]

The Early Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Finance and Accounting Outsourcing

whitepaper Prompted by several major corporate accounting scandals, American lawmakers passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which imposed new rules regarding a company's financial integrity and its public disclosure of auditing practices.

Tags: finance, outsourcing, accounting, practices

[10 Apr 2008]

Compliance With Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act: A Company Perspective

whitepaper Companies should understand that neither their own project team, their advisors, nor their independent auditor possess all the answers to all the possible issues that will arise in the process of implementing the Section 404 requirements.

Tags: sarbanes-oxley, auditor, comply, identify

[10 Apr 2008]

Sarbanes-Oxley: Is Corporate Compliance or Corporate Culture the Solution to Ethical Crises?

whitepaper While the Sarbanes Oxley Act may not be the ideal response to recent corporate scandals, it is a predictable response given the impact that Enron and its successors have had on market value and shareholder confidence.

Tags: sarbanes-oxley, response, ethical, evidence

[10 Apr 2008]

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: A Handbook on the Implications for IS Professionals

whitepaper The objective of this Original Software White Paper is to examine the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) from the perspective of information system professionals. The importance of supporting your corporate compliance through the...

Tags: business management, act, examine, compliance

[10 Apr 2008]

Disclosure After Sarbanes-Oxley

whitepaper In the wake of the recent reports of accounting irregularities at public companies and in an effort to restore investor confidence, Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which was signed by President George W.

Tags: sarbanes-oxley, accounting, officers, public companies

[10 Apr 2008]

Client Success With Sarbanes Oxley Compliance for Complex Financial Instruments

whitepaper The client achieved transparency, consistency, and thorough documentation of reporting processes throughout front, middle, and back-office, elevate auditors' confidence level by using a valuation solution widely used and accepted in the market...

Tags: finance, reporting, sarbanes oxley act, act

[10 Apr 2008]

Federal Agencies - Will Sarbanes-Oxley Fit?

whitepaper In effect, the federal government is inching toward applying the same type of reporting requirements to federal agencies that are now required of publicly traded companies under section 404 of the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor...

Tags: sarbanes-oxley, agency, federal, reporting

[10 Apr 2008]

Sarbanes-Oxley: Disclosure and Confidentiality

whitepaper The Sarbanes-Oxley Act already has altered profoundly - like the effect of a 7.0 earthquake on the Richter scale - the landscape of corporate governance and investor protection in the U.S.and elsewhere.

Tags: sarbanes-oxley, oxley, act, sarbanes

[10 Apr 2008]

Dealing With the Troublesome Newcomers Sarbox Has Invited to Your FCPA Compliance Neighborhood

whitepaper The presentation by ACCA will address the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on the management of issues arising under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and newly-emerging anti-corruption legislation among OECD countries.

Tags: sarbanes-oxley, oxley, sarbanes oxley, act

[10 Apr 2008]

The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on Split-Dollar Life Insurance

whitepaper Many companies are reviewing the impact of the recently enacted Sarbanes-Oxley Act on executive loan arrangements. Because Sarbanes Oxley does not directly address split-dollar life insurance in its corporate loan provisions, there is substantial...

Tags: law and government, oxley, life, sarbanes oxley

[10 Apr 2008]

Consolidate and simplify UNIX system management with TFS UnixControl

whitepaper s multi platform environments to meet stringent security and privacy laws such as Sarbanes Oxley, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB), the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SBA), HIPAA act and the FDA 21 CFR Part 11 regulation.

Tags: unix, oxley, unix, sarbanes oxley

[10 Apr 2008]

Corporate Governance and Compliance

whitepaper The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, signed into law on July 30, 2002, ushered in a new era of corporate compliance with far-reaching reforms. In responding to these new regulations and the events that led to heir adoption, executives face myriad challenges.

Tags: business management, compliance, agency, creation

[10 Apr 2008]

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