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Wall Street & Technology February 25, 2008 Melanie Rodier	Ineffective Access Management Poses Risk to Businesses A new study shows that the majority of IT professionals view collaboration among business units and audit, compliance and IT security functions as critical to achieving good access management, but most feel it isn't happening.
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
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.
CFO June 15, 2012 Sarah Johnson	Do Your Internal Auditors Have the Right Skills? Companies are putting a premium on critical thinking and data-mining expertise.
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.
Wall Street & Technology November 21, 2006	FSIs Care More About Compliance New research out of the Business Performance Management Forum verifies the financial services industry's high prioritization of compliance as a business function.
The Motley Fool April 6, 2005 Tom Taulli	Software Going Soft Software companies are pinning their woes on Sarbanes-Oxley, even if it's not the main culprit. But investors should ask whether recent earnings-report bad news is being caused by changes in the strategic viability of their businesses instead.
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.
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.
Wall Street & Technology February 15, 2007 Cory Levine	Paisley Consulting Released Its Enterprise GRC Platform To help firms break down the barriers between audit, risk and compliance groups, Paisley Consulting released its Enterprise GRC (governance, risk and compliance) platform.
Wall Street & Technology August 27, 2004	Up Front Fraudsters Go Phishing... Things Are Looking Up... SOX on the Brain...
Wall Street & Technology October 27, 2005	Self-Service Compliance With Certus Software's Governance360, companies can include key compliance information - such as control data, summaries, reports and near real-time alerts - in a financial management portal.
Managed Care January 2001 Mark D. Abruzzo	When Claims Are Audited, Following Compliance Laws Matters Ever since the government intensified its efforts to crack down on medical fraud, and asked the health care community to assist, compliance and compliance planning are the buzzwords. Unfortunately, compliance efforts are often misguided and can put the practice in an awkward position...
Entrepreneur August 2007 Jennifer Pellet	The Land of the Audit-Free Small businesses are being liberated from SOX restrictions. The changes come at a critical time for companies with less than $75 million in market capitalization, which are to begin complying with the management guidance part of SOX during the 2007 audit cycle.
Wall Street & Technology October 26, 2005 Katherine Heires	By the Dashboard Light As regulatory concerns persist, many financial firms are turning to dashboard technology to simplify compliance initiatives. Here are 12 key questions to ask before starting a compliance dashboard project.
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.
Financial Planning September 1, 2006 Jane Worthington	Accounting for Compliance Instead of viewing compliance as a necessary evil, financial advisors should see it as a cost of doing business and learn how to quantify that cost.
CFO December 1, 2004 Kate O'Sullivan	Laying Down the Law By naming compliance officers, companies are putting new focus on regulatory issues -- and giving CFOs a break.
Insurance & Technology January 26, 2005 Anthony O'Donnell	Database Lockdown To address compliance needs, Waltham, Mass.-based Guardium released software solutions for its SQL Guard database security platform.
Wall Street & Technology September 24, 2007 Melanie Rodier	Large U.S. Firms Getting Better at Managing Risk, But Can Still Improve Large U.S. companies have improved their ability to identify and manage potentially critical business risks, but they still have a way to go, according to a study.
The Motley Fool December 1, 2004 Rich Duprey	Gee, Thanks: More Time in the Maze Companies under $700 million market cap get Sarbanes-Oxley filing extension.
IndustryWeek August 1, 2008	Software License Compliance: By The Numbers Most IT executives believe their companies would fail a software audit.
Bank Systems & Technology November 24, 2008 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Agiliance Launches RiskVision, IT Risk, Compliance Management Platform San Jose, Calif.-based Agiliance, a provider of governance, risk and compliance software solutions, has launched RiskVision 4.0, a risk and compliance management platform.
Wall Street & Technology April 27, 2005 Sean Chou	Embracing Compliance Many organizations are doing the minimum required for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, thus creating additional layers of bureaucracy and approvals for audit purposes only.
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.
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.
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.
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 Nanette Byrnes	The Comeback Of Consulting It's once more a huge business for Big Four auditors like Deloitte & Touche, thanks partly to Sarbanes-Oxley rules.
Wall Street & Technology June 22, 2004 Steve Marlin, InformationWeek	Learning to Like Compliance Speakers at InformationWeek Media Network's compliance forum are achieving compliance without disrupting their businesses.
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Information Today October 10, 2013	Thomson Reuters Launches Audit Essential Thomson Reuters introduced PPC's SMART Practice Aids - Audit Essential, a simplified audit workflow tool designed to make conducting audit engagements easier. It is integrated with Thomson Reuters' productivity suite Checkpoint for tax and accounting professionals.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2006 Kristen French	Compliance Costs: Double the Trouble In a study conducted in February of this year, the SIA found that annual industrywide compliance costs have nearly doubled in the past three years -- to $25 billion in 2005 from $13 billion in 2002, or 5% of the industry's annual net revenues.
InternetNews July 26, 2010	Tripwire Enterprise 8.0 Automates Compliance Enhancements in Tripwire Enterprise 8.0 automate compliance and repair of configuration errors.
CFO September 1, 2012 Caroline McDonald	Reputational Risk Tops Board Worries Directors are taking their companies' good names very seriously.
The Motley Fool July 19, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Sarbanes Pain Is Resources Connection's Gain Greater demand for compliance assistance has boosted this financial-services firm. Keep their stock on your watch list.
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.
Insurance & Technology August 10, 2006 Maria Woehr	Compliance Automation Responding to growing pressure on insurers to comply with federal regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Federal Information Act and HIPAA, ControlPath launched ControlPath Compliance Suite 3.0.
InternetNews September 25, 2009	Companies Still Not Securing Customer Data New data security survey finds 71 percent admit that cost and lack of resources keeps them from making data security a top priority.
Insurance & Technology February 8, 2004	Auditing Technology from ACL Services ACL Services Ltd., a provider of audit and data analysis technology to financial executives and audit professionals, has launched the Continuous Controls Monitoring solution suite.
InternetNews November 12, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	SOX Deadline Arrives After months of preparation and trepidation, Sarbanes-Oxley arrives Monday for U.S. publicly traded companies.
InternetNews March 11, 2005 Roy Mark	Avoid Taxing Problems When Making IT Buys Large companies could lose millions by ignoring the tax implications associated with major IT buys, a new report warns.
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.
InternetNews February 25, 2005 Steve Apiki	Sarbanes-Oxley: Driving the Storage Compliance Boom No government or agency regulation has refocused the energies of IT administrators and storage professionals like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
CIO August 15, 2003 Ben Worthen	NASD Rules Cement Need to Preserve Instant Messages Add saving instant messages to your Sarbanes-Oxley compliance to-do list. Since the Nasdaq this summer joined the New York Stock Exchange in requiring its members to save instant messages, there's a clear precedent for what documents need to be retained under the law.
Bank Technology News January 2007	Leveraging Compliance: Following the Rules Can Really Pay Off Regulation is leading financial institutions to focus more keenly on compliance software. But the technology can also be useful in corporate pursuits like marketing and financial planning.
InternetNews September 30, 2009	Security Audits Worthwhile But Infrequent: Survey Most companies hire outside firms to audit network security procedures. But where's the follow-up?
Wall Street & Technology September 21, 2004	Up Front Performance-Attribution Spending Perks Up... Sarbanes-Oxley Update: How Compliant Are You?...
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.