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Forrester Question & Answer: Assessing SOX's Impact on IT

Overview According to this paper from Forrester Research, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) continues to challenge and befuddle IT shops and risk/compliance management organizations. And even though IT organizations have come a long way in understanding the specific requirements of SOX, they also need to consider:

How SOX compliance can be combined with similar governance policies and compliance obligations
How SOX can be used as a lever for risk management
How technology can help automate and optimize SOX controls
How GRC (governance, risk, and compliance) software platforms drive efficiency

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Further White Paper Details
Publisher	FrontRange Solutions	File Format	PDF
Date Published	November 2006	Downloads	787
Format	White Papers
Topics	Strategic Planning, Sarbanes-Oxley, ITIL

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