Today, we are going to talk about SOX 302 certification process and how to set it up. Once we have an overview of the SOX requirements, we can focus on building a scalable 302 certification process. In this series, we go through the 4 steps on how to do it practically. We’ll also tackle some tips on how to make things automated…
We will discuss the requirements for Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) Sections 301, SOX Section 302, SOX…
Welcome to the top 10 cyber security issues and SOX. A lot of our clients ask how cyber security interacts with SOX. As you know SOX is about financial reporting and the disclosures and controls around financial reporting and how they impact financial reporting. Cyber security is relevant to SOX to the extent that the losses impact your financial …
Today, we cover the Top 10 SOX trends in 2016. We want to share what we see working with multiple clients and various Big 6 auditors. At the end of each year, our team gets together […]
Auditing Standards No. 5 has over 100 pages, which makes for very heavy reading. I’m going to make it easy for the beginner to understand. I do that by highlighting certain paragraphs, words and concepts. We are at the end of the series and we’re going to group six sections together to create what I call the “wrap-up for…
Welcome to part 10 of SOX 404: Auditing Standard 5 (AS5). AS 5 have over 100 pages so I’m going to make it easier to understand by talking through keywords and key concepts. In this session, we cover: Special Considerations for […]
Welcome to part 9 of Auditing Standard 5.This training series gives context to SOX 404 requirements. In part 8, we talked about selecting controls to test, testing the design of controls and testing if the controls operate […]
Welcome to Part 8 of Auditing Standard No. 5. This segment focuses on the following: Selecting Controls to Test; Testing Design Effectiveness; and Testing Operating Effectiveness. This training gives context to SOX 404 requirements. This is meant to be easy to understand, especially for those with first time exposure to…
Welcome to part 7 of Auditing Standard Number 5. This segment is Understanding Likely Sources of Misstatement. Because AS5 has over a hundred pages of heavy reading, I made it easier by breaking it down to smaller parts, giving you the cliff notes version to […]
Welcome to part 6 of Auditing Standard 5. This section is Identifying Significant Accounts and Disclosures and because AS5 has over a hundred pages of heavy reading, I want to make it easy to understand. So I am providing the cliff notes to…