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Sarbanes-Oxley: Saving Money With IT Change and Asset Management Controls

Overview Join this webcast to find out how to automate IT controls that accelerate compliance and make IT operations more efficient. Also learn how it impact IT organizations; preparing for an IT audit; using COBIT as a control framework and how systems based controls can save IT money. Also discusses about COBIT control objectives and provides a demo of Remedy Change and Asset Management solutions that optimize control activities to meet COBIT control objectives.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	BMC Software
Live Date	9th July 2008 01:20 UTC
Format	Webcast
Topics	Cost Control - Risk Mgmt., International Standards, Asset Management

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