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CIO July 1, 2005 Edward Prewitt	Sox Compliance Now Business as Usual The effect of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (Sox) on IT budgets is already receding, as compliance becomes just another cost of doing business, according to recent reports.
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Wall Street & Technology May 15, 2006 Greg MacSweeney	Playing by the Rules A growing number of voices is calling for a slimming down of SOX's reach, arguing that smaller financial companies cannot afford the compliance price tag.
InternetNews March 9, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Sarbox: The Blacktop To Financial Hell Sarbanes-Oxley was more of an emotional reaction than reasoned law when it was passed. Now there's enough evidence that it's doing more harm than good.
National Real Estate Investor January 1, 2005 Matt Valley	Is Sarbanes-Oxley worth the pain and suffering? A year ago in this column, I predicted that the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate governance act (SOX) would be a big story for the REIT world and beyond in 2004. The evidence suggests that I was correct.
CIO May 15, 2006 Diann Daniel	Regulation's Silver Lining John Hagerty, vice president of research with AMR, says regulatory mandates have put a new spotlight on IT as a means to mitigate business risk.
Bank Systems & Technology February 27, 2006 Maria Bruno-Britz	Taking SOX to the Next Level It is time for banks to rethink their strategic approaches to Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
Bank Technology News April 2009 Rebecca Sausner	Compliance, IAM Top Security Plans Security regulatory compliance and identity and access management were the top two security initiatives in financial services in 2008, just as they were the year before.
Bank Technology News October 2008 Kyle Duckers	Strategic GRC Yields Clear Payback Can a financial institution's governance, risk and compliance effort be a strategic tool, or is it simply a cost of doing business? Can best practices actually improve shareholder value? These are important questions that some financial services executives continue to ponder.
National Real Estate Investor October 1, 2005 Ann Weinstein	Sarbanes-Oxley Alters the Playing Field The need to ensure the adequacy of financial controls is fast becoming a competitive necessity for companies that provide services to public companies. Real estate service providers are confronted with this new reality.
InternetNews May 28, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Financial Firms in Hackers' Crosshairs A new survey says IT security attacks on financial institutions have doubled.
U.S. Banker March 2008 Christopher Myers et al.	SOX Relief for Smaller Banks The SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board apparently agree that SOX may be too burdensome on small companies, and some relief may be on the horizon.
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Wall Street & Technology March 1, 2004	Institutions Find it Tough to Meet Sarbox Deadline As the first deadline for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance of June 15 nears, financial-institutions are finding that complying is more difficult than they had anticipated
Insurance & Technology March 2, 2006 Maria Woehr	Risky Business Executives lack a high degree of confidence in their organizations' risk management capabilities, according to a Protiviti survey of more than 75 C-level executives from U.S.-based Fortune 1,000 companies.
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Wall Street & Technology March 2, 2004 Jessica Pallay	InfoStep Stands Up to Sox Still stumped by Sarbanes Oxley? InfoStep has released eLustroHarmony, a risk-management and compliance tool to help get firms on track with SOX.
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InternetNews January 30, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	ID Theft And Internet Fraud Declining? New studies indicate that the Internet isn't as dangerous as other places.
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InternetNews August 29, 2005 Jim Wagner	Work Remains for Sarbox Compliance Businesses have a lot of work ahead of them before they're fully compliant with federal data retention and financial reporting rules under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, a new study concludes.
U.S. Banker November 2007 Patrick Conte	Embrace This Acronym: IT GRC. It Could Save Banks a Bundle. Used to describe the interdependent disciplines of governance, risk and compliance, GRC refers to the people, processes and technology banks invest in to comply with regulations and manage risk as part of effective corporate governance.
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2010	Risk Management Tops Audit Committee's Stress List Highlights of the latest quarterly research in conjunction with Grant Thornton LLP.
InternetNews October 27, 2006 Michael Hickins	HP's Ethics Move Still Falls Short By having its ethics officer report to its top lawyer, HP shows it still doesn't get it.
Wall Street & Technology March 1, 2004 Jim Middlemiss	Compliance Issues Overwhelm the Industry Financial-services firms grapple with the multitude of compliance issues facing the industry. Is there an end in sight?
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Insurance & Technology September 14, 2004 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Framework for Security Insurers need effective security infrastructures to withstand online threats from hackers and cyber criminals, as well as lapses by unaware internal users.
Bank Systems & Technology June 1, 2005 Phil Britt	Missed Opportunity Though Sarbanes-Oxley, Basel II and revisions in state and federal banking laws continue to increase the time and cost commitment banks must make for compliance, there are ways to mitigate the burdens of regulatory requirements and even improve operations.
Insurance & Technology June 16, 2004 Julie Gallagher	Look On the Bright Side Rather than letting the clouds of regulation rain on their operations, insurers that look for compliance's silver lining have an opportunity to improve their business processes.
Bank Systems & Technology July 1, 2005 Martin J. Garvey	Storage Networks: One More Potential Weak Link Before regulatory compliance, nobody got jail time for lost or compromised data or paid millions of dollars in fines. Now, any company can be pulled into court and asked to produce evidence of security procedures or face penalties. So, are compliance regulations forcing companies to re-evaluate their storage-security practices?
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InternetNews April 4, 2006 Michael Hickins	SAP Takes Compliance Partner In-House SAP acquired its compliance software partner Virsa for an undisclosed sum and is taking some of its budding product plans for compliance in-house.
CFO March 15, 2004 Craig Schneider	A World of Trouble Even with an extended deadline for Sarbox compliance, questions about offshoring have companies on edge.
Foundation News & Commentary Jul/Aug 2005 Andras Kosaras	Thinking About an Audit? Read This First What kinds of grantmakers get audits and how should a foundation choose an auditor if it opts for this process?
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Wall Street & Technology February 12, 2004 Jessica Pallay	Suiting Up For SOX The Sarbanes-Oxley Act has CIOs struggling to find technology that will support tighter financial controls and processes.
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Wall Street & Technology August 22, 2005 Maria Wakem	Restructuring Risk As new risks such as data loss and regulatory litigation continue to impact the financial services industry, what falls under the risk management umbrella is changing.
Bank Technology News April 2006 Michael Sisk	Compliance: The New Rule Book Is Still Like A Maze There are so many new regulations that banks are having difficulty organizing their corporate structure to ensure these new rules are being adequately followed.
Wall Street & Technology April 27, 2004 Jessica Pallay	SEC Sets Back SOX Sarbanes-Oxley deadlines are delayed, but firms find little solace in the regulation's extension.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2005 Tom Taulli	Limited Resources? Sarbanes-Oxley has been a boon for Resources Connection, an area the professional services firm specializes in. But things seem to be slowing down. Investors, take note.
Inc. August 2005 Amy Gunderson	Can't Find an Accountant? Sarbanes-Oxley has so overwhelmed accountants that companies are having trouble getting their books audited.
Bank Technology News April 2004	By The Numbers When it comes to compliance technology spending, internal IT remains the biggest investment for financial institutions. But more firms are opting to buy rather than build.
Bank Technology News May 1, 2008 Michael Sisk	Governance, Risk and Compliance Budgets March Higher A recent survey finds that governance, risk management and compliance budgets at financial institutions will rise an average of 10.3 percent this year.