Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Security Best Practices for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Made Simple

Safeguarding internal controls and procedures for financial reporting, as well as ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information, is no longer just a best practice for public organizations. It's a legal requirement. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act mandates that all public organizations demonstrate due diligence in the disclosure of financial information and implement a series of internal controls and procedures to communicate, store and protect that data.

 Public organizations are also required under Section 404 to protect these controls from internal and external threats and unauthorized access, including those that could occur through online systems and networks. This level of security is necessary to ensure companies maintain data integrity for employees, customers and shareholders.

We can help you clarify clarify and compare the final NYSE and NASDAQ corporate governance rules approved by the SEC in November 2003. We help you in complying with all the governance, disclosure, and reporting requirements triggered by this major reform act.

Our reference guides provide a clause-by-clause analysis of the Act and all related new and proposed rules. We also have the latest corporate governance guidelines, explanations of the SEC's proposed proxy statement disclosure standards for director nominations, and a sample code of business conduct and ethics as well as new sample charters for the audit committee, compensation committee, and nominating/corporate governance committee.

Our Approach to Security Best Practices

In order to streamline security and help achieve security best practices for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, We have developed a five-step process that identifies and analyzes gaps in the current security state compared to requirements for security best practices. It then designs and implements solutions to close those gaps and ensure ongoing conformity.