Enterprise Initiatives news from FierceSarbox

When it comes to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, no master template has emerged in the corporate world. A Compliance Week survey has found that companies still take a number of approaches, which strikes Read more...

Not too long ago, we were talking about companies installing more chief compliance officers. Now, more companies are considering adding chief risk officers, especially in financial services, notes Read more...

Data retention is an issue at the forefront of everybody's minds right now. Sarbanes-Oxley has a seven-year requirement. Gramm-Leach-Bliley, HIPAA and the new PCI requirements all require data Read more...

Contract management is an issue easily overlooked. Who really cares if old contracts sit on the network? Well, your auditors will, at some point, take a look; we presume they are doing their job. At Read more...

We've all heard about the incredible hiring frenzy underway at the Big Four, the soaring pay for audit talent, and Sarbanes Oxley as the "No auditor left behind act." There's a lot of opportunity out Read more...

Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne has been caught posting anonymously on an Internet chat group while he was conducting a conference call with analysts. This from erstwhile former Business Read more...

To hear Richard Fresia tell it, he was the man brought in to straighten out some thorny systems problems, only to end up charged with wrong-doing by the SEC. This is a cautionary tale with lots of Read more...

CitiStreet, a unit of State Street and Citigroup, has taken the plunge--the same one many companies are pondering. Pressured by compliance needs and escalating costs, it moved away from a Read more...

It's not surprising that the top two priorities of audit committees are 404 Read more...

What happened to the swashbuckling, risk-taking attitudes that defined American business for so long? One new study suggests that Sarbanes-Oxley is helping turn more companies into wimps: afraid Read more...