Archive for April 3rd, 2008

List of Free Sarbanes Oxley Software - Document Management System

Working with Sarbanes Oxley Compliances means work with a lot of document. From paper to electronic document, from 10 sheets spread sheet to thousand pages of log report. Managing document and evidence for SOX is very tired jobs and sometimes expensive.
Your company could buy some of expensive Document Management System from IBM, HP or others […]

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How long SOX design control performed?

The first question arises from my client after having brainstorming or preliminary meeting about Sarbanes Oxley compliance is: How long? Since the SOX impact is cover almost every significant application and department related with financial reporting. And since SOX implementation is quite new, so this common question always arrived in their mind.
Based on common practice, […]

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Seven signs for successful SOX implementation

Since first time Sarbanes Oxley act enacted, there are many stories about SOX implementation in every company. Both sharing the same story about the happy and the sad part of implementing what so called Risk Control Matrices, IT General Control, and Application Control. Here is ten sign for successful SOX implementation.
1. Number of control implemented […]

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List of free Sarbanes Oxley software - Collaborative tools

Looking for free Sarbanes Oxley software? here is the simple tools for collaborative software that available in internet. By using collaborative software we can manage better communication with every employee or entity that related with SOX in organization. Any other suggestions?
1. Open Groupware
http://www.opengroupware.org/
OpenGroupware.org is an Open Source collaborative software (groupware) server for multiple clients. It […]

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I’m in Asia, Am I ready for US SOX compliance?

Working with Sarbanes Oxley Compliance is could be mean working with a lot of documentation. The company who should comply with SOX at least has assets with more than 75 Million USD. So maybe it’s an across 30 country global company, or very complex branch of business company. The problem? Just the same: working with […]

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