Sarbanes-Oxley Resources

Several years after the advent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, corporate America and businesses around the world are challenged to make ongoing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance sustainable and cost effective. There is no silver bullet. It's all about defining and following controlled, auditable processes for business functions that touch financial data. Once businesses pinpoint their key controls, they can determine how technology can support ongoing compliance efforts and how to integrate compliance activities into day-to-day IT practice.

The following white paper addresses common SOX compliance issues that IT departments encounter as they prepare for an initial SOX audit, and strive to make ongoing SOX compliance less expensive and less labor intensive.

WHITE PAPER: The IT Manager's Working Guide to Sustainable
SOX Compliance
Designed to help you move toward sustainable SOX compliance, the updated Working Guide is packed with resources, including

• an overview of the SOX Act as it applies to IT departments,
• the latest guidance from the SEC,
• information on internal control frameworks, with a focus on COBIT 4.0,
• tips on overcoming real-world compliance challenges,
• suggestions on how to move toward sustainable compliance, and
• a section on using technology to facilitate SOX compliance.

Its detailed list of 141 specific audit points – SOX-related COBIT‎ 4.0 objectives – provides a tangible starting point for IT managers trying to pin down elusive compliance criteria. It also indicates where technology can support your compliance efforts. | download

Products from SoftLanding that Support SOX Compliance

Customers have relied on SoftLanding’s products and expertise to facilitate audits for more than 17 years. Since the advent of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), we have helped businesses from all industries, with diverse development environments, meet the requirements of the SOX legislation.

TurnOver Customers: Check out Technical Supplement #54, Configuring TurnOver for your Auditing Needs (access to document requires registration.)

Other Links of Interest

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Read the Act in its entirety.

IT Control Objectives for Sarbanes-Oxley
From the IT Governance Institute.

COBIT
The recognized IT control framework for SOX compliance.

COSO
The recognized financial control framework for SOX compliance.

PricewaterhouseCoopers
Provides several white papers and other resources that give an auditing firm's perspective of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act