Articles from Article Alley, tagged with "sarbanes oxley act" http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com Event Log Monitoring for Regulatory Compliance The use of Event Log Management Software Event Log Management involves logging and monitoring the events on various systems in an IT infrastructure. The monitoring and logging of these events is done with the help of event log management software. Thes... http://www.articlealley.com/http://rina.articlealley.com/event-log-monitoring-for-regulatory-compliance-2364510.html 03rd October 2011 Understanding Securities Fraud Charges and Defense Financial fraud is a serious crime. It assumes even greater proportions if it involves fraudulent practices in the stock markets. Any criminal charge is a serious matter – and you need to find legal counsel for active defense immediately. However, before ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://markhall3.articlealley.com/understanding-securities-fraud-charges-and-defense-2294014.html 22nd June 2011 Guidelines on Terminating of Employees Usually the employer cannot dismiss and employee for complaining about illegal or unethical activities at the office. There are many employment laws that protect a workers right to complain to the authorities or management about illegal activities at the ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://carlmwvpiw.articlealley.com/guidelines-on-terminating-of-employees-2248618.html 25th May 2011 Understanding the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Challenges are part and parcel of corporate life. As a result of the competitive environment, enterprises and organizations today face many challenges. For any enterprise or organization, the greatest challenge is in being prepared for litigation. Even as... http://www.articlealley.com/http://liza252.articlealley.com/understanding-the-sarbanesoxley-act-2092281.html 04th March 2011 Regulatory Compliance Requirements for Email Archiving Today preserving email has been made mandatory, thanks to the various legal and government regulations that govern every country. Let us take a sneak preview of the top regulatory obligations to preserve email. 1. Health Insurance Portability and Accou... http://www.articlealley.com/http://liza252.articlealley.com/regulatory-compliance-requirements-for-email-archiving-2079589.html 01st March 2011 Necessary for Corporations to prepare data cache and help concession Companies should account and deal for brand spanking new laws governing how information is stored on IT systems. The EU is shortly to adopt lots of the suggestions on company governance set out by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the US, UK firms are to be an... http://www.articlealley.com/http://emanueljammibar.articlealley.com/necessary-for-corporations-to-prepare-data-cache-and-help-concession-2039331.html 16th February 2011 The Usual Remarkable Results from Utilising SOX Conformity Software for Organizations If you've come here to read this informative article, you are probably trying to lessen the aggravation and expenditures regarding Sarbanes Oxley or SOX compliance. Enforced to be the strategy to considerably increase the bookkeeping operations for an op... http://www.articlealley.com/http://aticusbelkofer.articlealley.com/the-usual-remarkable-results-from-utilising-sox-conformity-software-for-organizations-1972743.html 20th January 2011 SAS70 and Information Security This morning, I attended a networking meeting with colleagues of mine. It was a typical networking event where we went around the table and introduced ourselves. We mentioned our name and gave a quick elevator speech about our company. The last gentlem... http://www.articlealley.com/http://frsecure.articlealley.com/sas70-and-information-security-1868480.html 25th November 2010 Security Solutions for Data Loss Protection When a laptop is lost or stolen, the user — and oftentimes the IT departments’ — primary concern is the cost to replace the device. The hardware itself is tangible. It has a clearly defined monetary value. But the cost of a lost or stolen laptop extends f... http://www.articlealley.com/http://kenarch.articlealley.com/security-solutions-for-data-loss-protection-1852987.html 19th November 2010 Pension funds lose out on what’s rightfully theirs European institutional investors have lost out on nearly £3.6bn between 2000 and 2007 by failing to participate in US securities class actions. A report from GOAL Group, a European withholding tax and class action service specialist, has revealed that... http://www.articlealley.com/http://aspinallsltd.articlealley.com/pension-funds-lose-out-on-whats-rightfully-theirs-1391054.html 11th February 2010 Solutions to Employee Compliance Training: Elearning Years ago, the corporate world was shook to its core with accounting fraud that Enron created. And after Enron, several other huge companies followed suit. It was a disaster that destroyed these giants and left people distrustful. Compliance is one of the... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jowens2.articlealley.com/solutions-to-employee-compliance-training-elearning-1352294.html 15th January 2010 Ten Things You Should Know about Compliance All businesses have to comply with government regulations to stay in business. Otherwise, they can land in endless trouble with law-enforcement authorities. This can distract them from the business and even lead to forcible closures. Many of these regulat... http://www.articlealley.com/http://abulkashem.articlealley.com/ten-things-you-should-know-about-compliance-1272678.html 04th December 2009 Know everything about CISA Established in 1978, CISA (certified information systems Auditor) is a professional certification for the information technology audit professionals. It is acquainted by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA); the candidates have to... http://www.articlealley.com/http://atiinformationsecuri.articlealley.com/know-everything-about-cisa-1253062.html 25th November 2009 How Nov. 15, 2004 Deadline for Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 Compliance Affects You!..../// Fast Relief for Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 Compliance Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires management to confirm the effectiveness of their IT and financial controls in an "internal control report", which is contained within the annual rep... http://www.articlealley.com/http://shiv.articlealley.com/how-nov-15-2004-deadline-for-sarbanes-oxley-section-404-compliance-affects-you-1210521.html 30th October 2009 Effective log management – A way to be compliant More and more organizations today are gearing up themselves to prove their compliance with multitude of the external regulations, domain mandates, and not to forget their internal policies. In this kind of scenario an effective and efficient log managemen... http://www.articlealley.com/http://opexpert.articlealley.com/effective-log-management--a-way-to-be-compliant-1209451.html 30th October 2009 HP LTO-4 Linear Tape Open Technology HP LTO media is highly cost effective and advantageous in all the LTO ultrium products manufactured by Hewlett-Packard as well as the non-HP products. HP has special media laboratory whose purpose is to test the backup media products in order to verify i... http://www.articlealley.com/http://tape4backup2.articlealley.com/hp-lto4-linear-tape-open-technology-1099149.html 21st September 2009 Finding The Best Acne Treatments And Looking Your Best One of the first books to deal with modern accounting was first published in Venice in 1494. It was written by Luca Pacioli. It was called Review of Arithmetic, Geometry, Ratio and Proportion. In it there was a lengthy discourse on bookkeeping. This secti... http://www.articlealley.com/http://jamestns.articlealley.com/finding-the-best-acne-treatments-and-looking-your-best-981192.html 16th July 2009 General Guidelines of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Sarbanes-Oxley Act has permanently changed the way the American CPA prepare the statement showing financial information about any company or the manner in which the corporate present their financial data to the public. After the failure of WorldCom and E... http://www.articlealley.com/http://robertbell.articlealley.com/general-guidelines-of-the-sarbanesoxley-act-947938.html 22nd June 2009 The Name – "Sarbanes-Oxley" The Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 is commonly known as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act or the SOX or as the SarbOx. These nicknames have been derived from the names of the two persons responsible for drafting the Act and garn... http://www.articlealley.com/http://robertbell.articlealley.com/the-name--sarbanesoxley-947936.html 22nd June 2009 What is Sarbanes-Oxley 404 The number 404 are not the same as we see on the Internet when a page is not found. It is the most draconian section of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act which empowers it to enforce companies to implement an array of strict controls for the purpose of preparation o... http://www.articlealley.com/http://robertbell.articlealley.com/what-is-sarbanesoxley-404-947934.html 22nd June 2009 The History of the Act After the fall of the mighty empires of Arthur Anderson, WorldCom and Enron a postmortem of the events revealed total whitewash of financial information by fraud committed by the executive of the company on the investing public. On July 30th of the yea... http://www.articlealley.com/http://robertbell.articlealley.com/the-history-of-the-act-947931.html 22nd June 2009 Suggested Sarbanes-Oxley Training A lot of agencies, educations institutions, and professional bodies have started imparting Sarbanes-Oxley training. There are even online courses available on the net which give training on how to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Companies, big or smal... http://www.articlealley.com/http://robertbell.articlealley.com/suggested-sarbanesoxley-training-947930.html 22nd June 2009 SOX – Improving your Financial Reports The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was enacted in the year 2002 and five years have passed since then. A lot of lessons have been learnt and with the gathering of experience now the US companies have come out brightly with their reporting as per the requirement of th... http://www.articlealley.com/http://robertbell.articlealley.com/sox--improving-your-financial-reports-947925.html 22nd June 2009 Objectives of the Act The US House of Representatives passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the year 2002. This law as named after the two eminent persons Paul Sarbanes a democrat Senator and Michael Oxley a republican Representative. The Act is a complex piece of legislation direc... http://www.articlealley.com/http://robertbell.articlealley.com/objectives-of-the-act-947924.html 22nd June 2009 Future of Sarbanes-Oxley Act The purpose of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was to curb the tendency amongst big corporate to play with public money and one fine morning file for bankruptcy and then the game of pointing fingers would start leaving the poor investor in the lurch. The growt... http://www.articlealley.com/http://robertbell.articlealley.com/future-of-sarbanesoxley-act-947919.html 22nd June 2009 Sarbanes-Oxley Act – Compliance Issues Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance is not a one time affair but a life long partnership which has to be now carried on for eternity. It is not comply and forget type of project but has to be built in your company's work environment and processes followed by yo... http://www.articlealley.com/http://robertbell.articlealley.com/sarbanesoxley-act--compliance-issues-947918.html 22nd June 2009 Effect of Sarbanes-Oxley Act The Sarbanes-Oxley Act does not provide for any thing which is new to corporate America. All the requirements laid down in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act were earlier present in the securities law but there was no compulsion corporate America to follow the provis... http://www.articlealley.com/http://robertbell.articlealley.com/effect-of-sarbanesoxley-act-947916.html 22nd June 2009 SOX is not Socks Sarbanes-Oxley Act is categorized as ‘Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency Act' or 'CAARTA' Act passed by the United States Senate's Banking Committee with the Active support of President Bush. This law was enacted t... http://www.articlealley.com/http://robertbell.articlealley.com/sox-is-not-socks-947915.html 22nd June 2009 Need for Sarbanes-Oxley Training Why could anyone require professional training for ensuring compliances of just a law of the land? This question is asked by many people who are ignorant of the complexities involved in compliance of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This Act, popularly called SOX ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://robertbell.articlealley.com/need-for-sarbanesoxley-training-947911.html 22nd June 2009 SOX Consultation Services The Sarbanes-Oxley Act is so complex that executives of the companies who are responsible for Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance may find it very hard to achieve compliances on their own even after receiving format training in Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance. Th... http://www.articlealley.com/http://robertbell.articlealley.com/sox-consultation-services-947910.html 22nd June 2009 What is SAS-70 One of the most widely used auditing standard enforced by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) is the Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 70 applicable to Service Organizations. SAS-70 set out the governing standards which ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://robertbell.articlealley.com/what-is-sas70-945975.html 21st June 2009 Complying With Government Regulations With Data Entry Software New regulations set by the government to protect consumers place a serious burden on today's businesses to maintain the accuracy and security of data. Businesses know simple mistakes made during data entry can cost millions of dollars in the end. This is ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://christineokelly.articlealley.com/complying-with-government-regulations-with-data-entry-software-936158.html 15th June 2009 New LTO3 Tape Technology The specifications of LTO3 tape have provided opportunity to the manufacturers of LTO ultrium to offer LTO 3 tape products with incorporated feature of WORM (write once, read many). Guidelines have been established by the Government regulations like the S... http://www.articlealley.com/http://tape4backup2.articlealley.com/new-lto3-tape-technology-934826.html 13th June 2009 What Is SAS 70? SAS 70 is a well-known acronym that represents a detailed audit of a third-party service organisation. The original one is one of a multitude of statements issued periodically by the Auditing Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public A... http://www.articlealley.com/http://sturat.articlealley.com/what-is-sas-70-922820.html 08th June 2009 Sarbanes-Oxley Act: A Legislative Law to Win Public Trust in American Financial Market Through a house vote of 423-3 and supported by a landslide vote in the Senate of 99-0, a significant federal law was conceived in July 30, 2002 which brought significant changes on the laws concerning America's security market through the Sarbanes-Oxley A... http://www.articlealley.com/http://robertbell.articlealley.com/sarbanesoxley-act-a-legislative-law-to-win-public-trust-in-american-financial-market-812850.html 09th March 2009 Secure the Future of Your Business with Basic Office Equipment You go into business to make money. For most people, they want to be in it for the long haul. Unfortunately, we have all heard statistics about the high number of businesses that fold. There are some easy steps you can take to promote and protect your ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://mybinding.articlealley.com/secure-the-future-of-your-business-with-basic-office-equipment-484929.html 03rd March 2008 Paper Shredders and Your Liability Whether you manage a school, business, charity, or church, people entrust their personal information to you. They do so believing you will safeguard their information. If your clients, employees, donors, and others believed you were not handling their d... http://www.articlealley.com/http://mybinding.articlealley.com/paper-shredders-and-your-liability-469992.html 07th February 2008 Outsourcing and archiving your data Whether a company relies heavily on database activity for critical everyday business operations or only for select requirements, the loss of data due to technological failure can have far reaching negative implications. The loss of valuable information an... http://www.articlealley.com/http://stephenjrichards.articlealley.com/outsourcing-and-archiving-your-data-456968.html 22nd January 2008 How to Comply with Sarbanes Oxley and Protect the Interests of Your Employees, Vendors and Investors Following numerous accounting scandals including Enron, WorldCom and Tyco International, the U.S. Federal government passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Sarbanes-Oxley, otherwise known as SOX, regulates financial accountability and information accessib... http://www.articlealley.com/http://timrhodes.articlealley.com/how-to-comply-with-sarbanes-oxley-and-protect-the-interests-of-your-employees-vendors-and-investors-208594.html 29th August 2007 The Need for Backup and Disaster Recovery Whether a company relies heavily on database activity for critical everyday business operations or only for select requirements, the loss of data due to technological failure can have far reaching negative implications. The loss of valuable information an... http://www.articlealley.com/http://stephenjrichards.articlealley.com/the-need-for-backup-and-disaster-recovery-177779.html 26th June 2007 Electronic Document Management: The Basics – Part 2 Introduction to Document Management If you've never used a document management system, then it is entirely possible that you aren't aware of how valuable these products can be. Companies and individuals who manage a diverse array of documents have foun... http://www.articlealley.com/http://www.articlealley.com/electronic-document-management-the-basics--part-2-174396.html 15th June 2007 Archiving in the Technological Era Data retention has long been a vital business practice, allowing companies to use client information, assess company growth, and retrieve and manipulate data on past performance, all with the goal of propelling business growth and success. A number of fac... http://www.articlealley.com/http://stephenjrichards.articlealley.com/archiving-in-the-technological-era-167381.html 31st May 2007 Today's Information Security Landscape The information security landscape has changed dramatically in recent years. While the network hacker continues to pose a threat, regulatory compliance has shifted the focus to internal threats. As noted by Charles Kolodgy, analyst at IDC, "Compliance shi... http://www.articlealley.com/http://netforensics.articlealley.com/todays-information-security-landscape-126713.html 06th February 2007 When is it Time to Get Off Site Document Storage? The list of laws and regulations covering the storage and retrieval of business documents seems to grow by the day. Document storage and retrieval is covered by the IRS, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, SEC regulations, environmental statutes, criminal sta... http://www.articlealley.com/http://melindapowelson.articlealley.com/when-is-it-time-to-get-off-site-document-storage-121773.html 20th January 2007 Are There Holes in Your SOX? (Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance for Public and Private Companies) Summary: The illicit transgressions by Enron and those alike in the late 1990s, lead to regulations created to standardize the trustworthiness of financial institutions and public companies. Companies facing SOX compliance will need to consider the fol... http://www.articlealley.com/http://marileeveniegas.articlealley.com/are-there-holes-in-your-sox-sarbanesoxley-compliance-for-public-and-private-companies-121661.html 19th January 2007