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Make Internal Controls a Part of Your Organizational DNA 2006-09-01 01:00:13 MetricStream

Chief executives and audit committees are required to confirm that an appropriate control environment exists and are charged with remaining in control of that environment. Most companies have hired external consultants and allocated internal resources to document, test and upgrade internal controls to get a passing grade on their SOx compliance. However, without a cultural change and appropriate investments in technology that automates the documentation, assessment, remediation and change control process, an organization would need to allocate the same amount of resources year after year to be compliant with SOx 404. Organizations need to make the focus on internal controls, a part of their organizational DNA, if they want to reduce their cost of compliance.

Reducing the Cost of SOx Compliance - Learning From ISO9000 Implementation 2006-09-01 01:00:13 MetricStream

CFOs looking to reduce the cost of sustaining SOx compliance look no further than their Quality Management organization. The techniques that helped a manufacturer reduce the cost of staying compliant with ISO9000 will also enable a CFO to sustain SOx 404 compliance at significantly lower costs. When US manufacturers started implementing the quality management standard - ISO9000, the initial cost of compliance was very high. Every process had to be documented, almost every employee had to be trained and change control procedures for process and documentation had to be put in place. As a result, ISO9000 certification and its ongoing compliance were widely assumed to be only fit for companies with lots of resources.

Securing the Financial Services Firm With Essential Taceo 2006-09-14 01:00:16 Essential Security Software

Whether Financial Services organization is a broker-dealer office, accounting firm or credit union, a varying array of electronic data and records passes through the business each day. Due to regulations like SOX and office risk policies, electronic information must be protected. Essential Taceo for the SMB Financial Services firm ameliorates much of the mammoth costs associated with safeguarding the clientele's Personal Financial Information (PFI) and being industry compliant. No IT administrator is required to install Taceo, or to create an account. All that is needed is a PC and a valid email address. Taceo is an ideal solution to prevent theft and misuse of outbound email for a small business.

Insuring Against Backup Losses 2006-08-23 01:00:12 Jupitermedia

Crawford Adjusters Canada had a number of reasons to go looking for a new backup and recovery solution. For starters, the company's aging backup process wasn't doing the trick anymore, and more and more clients were requiring proof of a solid disaster recovery plan. The company also had to comply with the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). Those factors drove the company to overhaul its backup and recovery infrastructure, but the change had other benefits too. For Crawford Adjusters, getting its backup processes and disaster recovery strategy in order resulted in IT efficiencies, easier administration and cost savings. While searching for a full disaster recovery solution, they found Asigra, whose products are used for both disaster recovery and to help them improve the backup process.

Webcast: Best Practices for Software Asset Management 2006-09-28 01:00:20 ManageSoft

Listen to this on-demand Webcast from ManageSoft to hear presenters from BSA (Business Software Alliance), Soft-Aid, and ManageSoft explore how you can implement Software Asset Management (SAM) in your environment. Find out how a proper SAM program can help you:

Reduce the risk of legal liability by ensuring proper licensing of all software in use in your organization

Save money by reallocating unused software licenses to prevent unnecessary purchases

Leverage existing asset tracking tools as part of a total SAM solution, rather than replacing them

Maintain a full history of hardware and software assets to comply with regulatory requirements like those outlined in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

Achieve rapid ROI

For more information on software audits and how to plan for one, check out part 1 of this Webcast series, Are You Prepared for a Software Audit?

Plasmon Case Study: Citistreet 2006-08-18 01:00:11 Plasmon

CitiStreet, owned by Citigroup, is a premier global benefit provider, and one of the nation's largest retirement plan record keepers. As part of their products and services offerings, Citistreet is required by various regulations, including SEC, Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPPA, to securely maintain and archive its client's data. Citistreet also needed to meet application requirements by implementing a cost-effective secure removable WORM archive within an existing well-known infrastructure. Citistreet Benefit Management Division Utilizes Veritas Solutions Pegasus and Cost-effective UDO (Ultra Density Optical) Storage to Archive Critical Data for Regulatory Compliant Data Retention. Citistreet had Veritas Netbackup in place as the backup and recover solution for all data and backend systems.

On-demand Vulnerability Management 2006-10-28 11:14:19 Qualys

Government and industry regulations, along with mounting security threats, are causing corporations to consider continual self-audits. These drive down costs, help focus remediation efforts and improve your overall security posture. Learn how to start your own self-auditing process by setting goals and answering key questions about your infrastructure. This last podcast in a four-part series examines what to look for in a self-auditing solution, how to use vulnerability management to ease the pain, and why your software solution really matters.

Listen to these other parts:
--There's a Hole in Your Network - Vulnerability Management Is No Mystery

--Don't Dread that Network Audit - Compliance with Government Regulation and Industry Standards

--How One Organization Conquered the Audit Challenge

Business Performance Intelligence: A New Dimension in Corporate Profitability and Accountability 2006-08-10 01:00:12 SAS Institute

Now, by mandate of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, CEOs and CFOs have to attest personally to the veracity of their financial statements. More than ever, companies need to align customers, suppliers and their own organizations in one strategic direction. That direction must be based on a holistic view of interdependent variables and tradeoffs across functions and organizational boundaries. Decision makers at all levels of the organization must be empowered to make effective decisions in rapidly reduced timeframes. The answer is business performance intelligence, a new business model that is more efficient and dynamic than traditional business practices.

Don't Dread that Network Audit - Compliance with Government Regulation and Industry Standards 2006-10-28 11:16:57 Qualys

Digital crime incidents are rising rapidly as criminals become ever more sophisticated and ambitious. Organized crime is now taking an active role in electronic thefts. This leaves businesses with mounting financial losses and the additional cost of keeping perpetrators at bay. Security administrators need to be more proactive about preventing attacks, making vulnerability assessments a crucial tool in their portfolio. Learn more in part two of this four-part Podcast series.

Listen to these other parts:
--There's a Hole in Your Network - Vulnerability Management Is No Mystery

--How One Organization Conquered the Audit Challenge

--On-demand Vulnerability Management

Sarbanes-Oxley: Another Driver for Business Continuity Management 2006-08-09 01:00:11 Disaster Resource Guide

High profile corporate failures have resulted in the creation and subsequent passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (SOA). While the introduction of SOA may not be news to the financial reporting world, the approach to compliance may prove compelling to those responsible for business continuity. Aside from requiring corporate officers to take greater responsibility for the accuracy of financial reports, SOA mandates that organizations understand the risks that may impact the financial reporting process. A proper assessment of this risk environment would likely include lesser known operational and IT risks resulting from, among other things, inadequate disaster recovery or business continuity plans.

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Title	Date Added	Company
Make Internal Controls a Part of Your Organizational DNA	2006-09-01 01:00:13	MetricStream
Chief executives and audit committees are required to confirm that an appropriate control environment exists and are charged with remaining in control of that environment. Most companies have hired external consultants and allocated internal resources to document, test and upgrade internal controls to get a passing grade on their SOx compliance. However, without a cultural change and appropriate investments in technology that automates the documentation, assessment, remediation and change control process, an organization would need to allocate the same amount of resources year after year to be compliant with SOx 404. Organizations need to make the focus on internal controls, a part of their organizational DNA, if they want to reduce their cost of compliance.
Reducing the Cost of SOx Compliance - Learning From ISO9000 Implementation	2006-09-01 01:00:13	MetricStream
CFOs looking to reduce the cost of sustaining SOx compliance look no further than their Quality Management organization. The techniques that helped a manufacturer reduce the cost of staying compliant with ISO9000 will also enable a CFO to sustain SOx 404 compliance at significantly lower costs. When US manufacturers started implementing the quality management standard - ISO9000, the initial cost of compliance was very high. Every process had to be documented, almost every employee had to be trained and change control procedures for process and documentation had to be put in place. As a result, ISO9000 certification and its ongoing compliance were widely assumed to be only fit for companies with lots of resources.
Securing the Financial Services Firm With Essential Taceo	2006-09-14 01:00:16	Essential Security Software
Whether Financial Services organization is a broker-dealer office, accounting firm or credit union, a varying array of electronic data and records passes through the business each day. Due to regulations like SOX and office risk policies, electronic information must be protected. Essential Taceo for the SMB Financial Services firm ameliorates much of the mammoth costs associated with safeguarding the clientele's Personal Financial Information (PFI) and being industry compliant. No IT administrator is required to install Taceo, or to create an account. All that is needed is a PC and a valid email address. Taceo is an ideal solution to prevent theft and misuse of outbound email for a small business.
Insuring Against Backup Losses	2006-08-23 01:00:12	Jupitermedia
Crawford Adjusters Canada had a number of reasons to go looking for a new backup and recovery solution. For starters, the company's aging backup process wasn't doing the trick anymore, and more and more clients were requiring proof of a solid disaster recovery plan. The company also had to comply with the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). Those factors drove the company to overhaul its backup and recovery infrastructure, but the change had other benefits too. For Crawford Adjusters, getting its backup processes and disaster recovery strategy in order resulted in IT efficiencies, easier administration and cost savings. While searching for a full disaster recovery solution, they found Asigra, whose products are used for both disaster recovery and to help them improve the backup process.
Webcast: Best Practices for Software Asset Management	2006-09-28 01:00:20	ManageSoft
Listen to this on-demand Webcast from ManageSoft to hear presenters from BSA (Business Software Alliance), Soft-Aid, and ManageSoft explore how you can implement Software Asset Management (SAM) in your environment. Find out how a proper SAM program can help you: Reduce the risk of legal liability by ensuring proper licensing of all software in use in your organization Save money by reallocating unused software licenses to prevent unnecessary purchases Leverage existing asset tracking tools as part of a total SAM solution, rather than replacing them Maintain a full history of hardware and software assets to comply with regulatory requirements like those outlined in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) Achieve rapid ROI For more information on software audits and how to plan for one, check out part 1 of this Webcast series, Are You Prepared for a Software Audit?
Plasmon Case Study: Citistreet	2006-08-18 01:00:11	Plasmon
CitiStreet, owned by Citigroup, is a premier global benefit provider, and one of the nation's largest retirement plan record keepers. As part of their products and services offerings, Citistreet is required by various regulations, including SEC, Sarbanes-Oxley and HIPPA, to securely maintain and archive its client's data. Citistreet also needed to meet application requirements by implementing a cost-effective secure removable WORM archive within an existing well-known infrastructure. Citistreet Benefit Management Division Utilizes Veritas Solutions Pegasus and Cost-effective UDO (Ultra Density Optical) Storage to Archive Critical Data for Regulatory Compliant Data Retention. Citistreet had Veritas Netbackup in place as the backup and recover solution for all data and backend systems.
On-demand Vulnerability Management	2006-10-28 11:14:19	Qualys
Government and industry regulations, along with mounting security threats, are causing corporations to consider continual self-audits. These drive down costs, help focus remediation efforts and improve your overall security posture. Learn how to start your own self-auditing process by setting goals and answering key questions about your infrastructure. This last podcast in a four-part series examines what to look for in a self-auditing solution, how to use vulnerability management to ease the pain, and why your software solution really matters. Listen to these other parts: --There's a Hole in Your Network - Vulnerability Management Is No Mystery --Don't Dread that Network Audit - Compliance with Government Regulation and Industry Standards --How One Organization Conquered the Audit Challenge
Business Performance Intelligence: A New Dimension in Corporate Profitability and Accountability	2006-08-10 01:00:12	SAS Institute
Now, by mandate of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, CEOs and CFOs have to attest personally to the veracity of their financial statements. More than ever, companies need to align customers, suppliers and their own organizations in one strategic direction. That direction must be based on a holistic view of interdependent variables and tradeoffs across functions and organizational boundaries. Decision makers at all levels of the organization must be empowered to make effective decisions in rapidly reduced timeframes. The answer is business performance intelligence, a new business model that is more efficient and dynamic than traditional business practices.
Don't Dread that Network Audit - Compliance with Government Regulation and Industry Standards	2006-10-28 11:16:57	Qualys
Digital crime incidents are rising rapidly as criminals become ever more sophisticated and ambitious. Organized crime is now taking an active role in electronic thefts. This leaves businesses with mounting financial losses and the additional cost of keeping perpetrators at bay. Security administrators need to be more proactive about preventing attacks, making vulnerability assessments a crucial tool in their portfolio. Learn more in part two of this four-part Podcast series. Listen to these other parts: --There's a Hole in Your Network - Vulnerability Management Is No Mystery --How One Organization Conquered the Audit Challenge --On-demand Vulnerability Management
Sarbanes-Oxley: Another Driver for Business Continuity Management	2006-08-09 01:00:11	Disaster Resource Guide
High profile corporate failures have resulted in the creation and subsequent passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (SOA). While the introduction of SOA may not be news to the financial reporting world, the approach to compliance may prove compelling to those responsible for business continuity. Aside from requiring corporate officers to take greater responsibility for the accuracy of financial reports, SOA mandates that organizations understand the risks that may impact the financial reporting process. A proper assessment of this risk environment would likely include lesser known operational and IT risks resulting from, among other things, inadequate disaster recovery or business continuity plans.