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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...

You are, by now, well aware of the many security breaches that have cost companies so dearly in PR capital. But what is the best way to guard against private information, especially about customers, Read more...

Five years after Sarbanes Oxley, companies in Silicon Valley have reshaped their boards, according to the San Jose Mercury News. Nearly all have a director with financial expertise in their audit Read more...

The Information Security Forum (ISF) has released an updated Standard of Good Practice, a free guide best-practices sort of guide that organizations can use to assess the security of their systems. Read more...

The one thing that vexed people in the AS2 era was a lack of implementation guidance. Read more...

> Grant Thornton in expansion mode. Read more...

The universe of companies required to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley is set to soar, now that a firm deadline has been imposed on smaller companies. You need to start now, of course. Which isn't going to Read more...

> I've been sticking to my line that you would be foolish to bank on another delay to Sarbox requirements for non-accelerated filers. But there are those who are not yet giving up the fight. Read more...

There are those that think the drop in the number of companies offering quarterly earnings guidance recently is related to Sarbanes-Oxley. I think the link is suspect, but the law may play a role, Read more...

This is one of those perennial questions: Should a company's internal audit team report to the board audit committee or should it report to senior management? There are indications that more than Read more...