Sarbanes-Oxley

:: Executive briefing ::

New COSO Guidelines Give Small Businesses Much Needed Compliance Help

The 20 principles offer guidance on integrity and ethical values, risk management, authorization, and operational style, as well as controls to help small companies meet the challenge of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.

Sarbanes-Oxley is one of the most controversial compliance issues to face U.S. companies in decades, and debates rages on about the economic impact of the legislation designed to combat scandals like Enron and WorldCom.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 forces public companies to create extensive and highly visible audit trails. Sarbox has resulted in billions in spending on initiatives ranging from e-mail archiving to Enterprise Content Management.

Critics also blame Sarbox for driving investment away from U.S. markets.

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Key Concepts: Sarbanes-Oxley, Sarbox, compliance, federal regulations, data auditing, archival best practices

:: Recent Insights on Sarbanes-Oxley ::

Whistleblower Denied Reinstatement

Source: CFO.com

David Welch, the first person to win protection under Sarbanes-Oxley's whistleblower provision, experienced a legal setback in retaining his job. A three-judge panel of the 4th ...

Sarbox Whistleblower Case Suffers Setback

Source: IT Business Edge Blogs

David Welch blew the whistle on Cardinal Bankshares in 2002, after which he was fired from his postion ...

Happy Sixth, Sarbox

Source: IT Business Edge Blogs

Amid all the hype over Red Flags regulation, an important date slipped by me last week. Sarbanes-Oxley ...

Sarbox Turns Six

Source: Chase Cooper

According to this author, even as Sarbanes-Oxley turn six, it's still fraught with delays and trouble. SMB implementation of Section 404 continues to be pushed back, while the ...

Reuters Goof Sticks It to Customers

Source: E-Commerce Times

A U.S. District Court ruled that Reuters can no longer use FaceTime's IM technology in its Reuters Messaging Network. Reuters had been licensing the technology since 2006, but its ...

Reuters Replaces IM Compliance Technology

Source: IT Business Edge Blogs

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York entered summary judgment against Thomson Reuters this ...

Sarbox Changes, AS 5 Allow Internal Audit to Get Back to Business

Source: IT Business Edge Blogs

Research from audit and compliance consultancy Protiviti adds credence to the idea that the changes the Securities and ...

Sarbox Has Tightened Controls, But Has It Reduced Fraud Risk?

Source: IT Business Edge Blogs

A report out this week from compliance technology provider Oversight Systems suggests that changes in Sarbanes-Oxley ...
Decision in Sarbox Constitutionality Case Imminent

Source: IT Business Edge Blogs

A ruling is expected soon in the case against the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) ...

Sarbox Threatened by Lawsuit

Source: The Washington Post

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act could be in jeopardy pending an ongoing federal lawsuit. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will decide whether the Public Company ...