SOX Compliance for the Security Practitioner

Internal controls and section 404

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• Article: SEC: 404 budgets filled with waste
• Article: Regulatory compliance in the real world
• Tip: SOX 404 compliance: Efficiency is key
• Tip: Keeping SOX 404 under control(s)
• Expert advice: Does SOX (under Section 404) mandate that we archive e-mail?
• Expert Advice: Defining "internal controls" under Sarbanes-Oxley

Steps for compliance

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• Article: Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Steps toward coming into compliance
• Tip: Five steps for SOX compliance
• Tip: Getting compliance right
• Tip: Getting your regulatory priorities in order
• Tip: Complying with multiple regulations and contending with conflicts
• Tip: Does your organization need a CCO?
• Tip: Best practices for managing compliance with security standards
• Book Chapter: Ensure that legal responsibilities are clear -- Especially when trouble strikes
• Conference Presentation: The 5 pillars of successful compliance
• Conference Presentation: Standards-based compliance: A how-to guide

Audit preparation

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• Article: Reporter's Notebook: Why failing an audit can lead to success
• Article: Active Directory getting critical look from regulators
• Article: Cheat sheet: 10 ways to prep for auditors
• Article: Risk management for dummies
• Article: Report: IT shops lax about logging
• Tip: The future role of the CISO: Keeping auditors at bay
• Tip: Best practices for choosing an outside IT auditor
• Tip: Best practices for managing compliance with security standards
• Tip: Passing a SOX audit: Lessons learned from an information security professional
• Conference Presentation: Define security's role in the regulatory process
• Conference Presentation: Standards-based compliance: A how-to guide

SOX compliance product guide

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• Tip: SOX-in-a-box: One size does not fit all when it comes to compliance
• Advice: Log analyzer software
• Review: Elemental Compliance System 1.1 innovative, solid
• Review: Polivec Compliance Management System 3.7
• Conference Presentation: Separating fact from fiction: Security technologies for regulatory compliance

The bottom line: Violations and repercussions

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• Article: 'Typical' SOX violations
• Tip: Will the 'regulatory police' be knocking on your door?
• Tip: A closer look at Sarbanes-Oxley violations
• Advice: Examples of Sarbanes-Oxley violations

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