Enterprises have an enterprise wide security policy;
Enterprises have enterprise wide classification of data for security, risk, and business impact;
Enterprises have security related standards and procedures;
Enterprises have formal security based documentation, auditing, and testing in place;
Enterprise enforce separation of duties; and
Enterprises have policies and procedures in place for Change Management, Help Desk, Service Requests, and changes to applications, policies, and procedures.
To meet these needs the Sarbanes Oxley Compliance Resource Kit, which comes in four editions (Standard, Silver, Gold, and Platinum) contains:
Business & IT Impact Questionnaire Risk Assessment Tool (all editions);
Safety Program Template (all editions);
Disaster Recovery Template (all editions);
Outsourcing guide update to reflect what you vendors need to do (all editions);
Software tool to monitor key data files (all editions);
Internet and IT Job Descriptions (Silver, Gold, and Platinum Editions) and;
IT Service Management Template (Platinum Edition).
Security Manual
The plan is 178 pages and includes everything needed to customize the Internet and Information Technology Security Manual to fit your specific requirement. The electronic document includes proven written text and examples for your security plan. View The Table of Contents And A Few Pages
Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)
This Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) can be used as a template for any enterprise. DRP is sent to you via e-mail in WORD and/or PDF format. Included is a 13 page Business Impact Questionnaire as well as a 3 page Job Description for the Disaster Recovery Manager. View a the Table of Contents and sample pages [Adobe PDF]
IT Job Descriptions
The 202 Internet and IT Position Descriptions are in Word for Windows format. Includes positions from CIO and CTO to Wireless and Metrics Managers. View The Table of Contents And A Few Pages
The IT Service Management Template
The IT Service Management Template contains policies, standards, procedures and metrics for Change Control, Help Desk and Service Request processing. ITSM template also contains several easy to implement forms and conforms with ITIL. View The Table of Contents And A Few Pages
Practical Guide for IT Outsourcing
The guide is 91 packed pages and includes everything needed to plan for, negotiate, and manage an outsourcing process within an enterprise. View a the Table of Contents and sample pages [Adobe PDF]
Safety Program Template
Safety Program is 60 pages and includes everything needed to customize the Safety Program to fit your specific requirement. The Safety was updated in December of 2004 and reflects the latest issues associated with the most recent legislation (Sarbanes Oxley).
View part of the TEMPLATE in Adobe Acrobat format
DiskMonitor
Network Administrators, DRP Coordinators, and Security Managers - can use DiskMonitor (DSM) to view drive and folder usage. Local drives as well as network shares are supported. UNC pathing and Drive$ shares are supported as well.
American Stock Exchange Notifies AXS-One Inc. That It is Noncompliant With Listing Standards (SYS-CON Media)
AXS-One Inc. has received notice from the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) that the Company is not in compliance with certain conditions of AMEX's continued listing standards. Specifically, AMEX noted that the Company's shareholders' equity as of June 30, 2006 was less than $2 million and losses from continuing operations and/or net losses were incurred in two of the three most recent fiscal years. - more info
IMA Releases Landmark Study Revealing Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Issues (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
MONTVALE, N.J.----A lack of practical management implementation guidance and the incomplete nature of the COSO 1992 framework in assessing effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting are two of the key cost drivers for public companies complying with Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 requirements, says a landmark research study released by the Institute of Management Accountants . - more info
Leading Manufacturers Turn To Movaris To Solve Complex Compliance Challenges (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN JOSE, Calif.----Movaris, the software company that automates and unifies account reconciliations, SOX compliance, financial close and financial reporting processes, today announced that several of the world's largest manufacturing companies have chosen Movaris Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance to eliminate unnecessary controls, reduce audit fees, and cut internal costs. - more info
Vanguard Promotes Industry's Premier Auditing and Compliance Offerings at IBM(R) zSeries(R) Expo (SYS-CON Media)
Vanguard Integrity Professionals(TM), the long-time leader in security and auditing solutions for critical infrastructure computing environments will be exhibiting its rigorous security management and compliance solutions at the IBM System z9(R) and zSeries Expo on October 9-13th in Orlando. Vanguard's offerings include inCompliance(TM), Analyzer(TM), and Enforcer(TM), which automate and simplify - more info
Spectrum and EASi Announce Joint Initiative to Meet Equity Compensation Reporting Needs (PR Web)
CEOs, CFOs and senior HR executives face the challenge of complying with the increasingly complex requirements of SEC reporting, FASB compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley, and SFAS 123R. For this reason, Spectrum and EASi announce the formation of a cooperative marketing agreement that offers EASi’s equity administration product, EMS™, for use in conjunction with Spectrum’s iVantage® HR system. (PRWeb - more info
Companies Look to Further Leverage Sarbanes-Oxley Technologies (SYS-CON Media)
As more companies work to transition their Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance efforts from a project to an ongoing, sustainable and cost-effective process, they are assessing strategies to better leverage the SOX technologies they've acquired and implemented. Protiviti Inc., a leading international provider of risk consulting and internal audit services, has addressed the growing need for - more info
Companies Look to Further Leverage Sarbanes-Oxley Technologies (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
As more companies work to transition their Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts from a project to an ongoing, sustainable and cost-effective process, they are assessing strategies to better leverage the SOX technologies they've acquired and implemented. - more info
Software combats email attacks and blocks spam. (ThomasNet)
To help customers threatened by high-volume attacks, SonicWALL Email Security v5.0 provides denial-of-service protection, quality-of-service options, and manual IP firewall. It enables organizations to address Sarbanes-Oxley, GLBA, and HIPAA by leveraging record ID matching, encryption routing, and compliance reports that augment existing reporting module. To combat spam, image thumbprinting - more info
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Safety Program Template
