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Network Instruments' Observer and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

Overview The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) requires CFOs and CEOs to validate their corporate financial reporting by ensuring that proper internal controls are in place. As an IT administrator facing SOX compliance, what tools do you need to protect financial data on the network in a manner that is auditable? This paper highlights Observer as an essential tool for an IT administrator to have in place throughout the reporting period under SOX regulation.

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Publisher	Network Instruments	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	November 2004	Downloads	82
Format	White Papers
Topics	Finance, Sarbanes-Oxley, Security Management

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