It’s always great to apply the effective and best practices for SOX Kick-off meetings. It’s not just a meet and greet meeting, it’s the opportunity to set the expectations and alignment with the project team and the client to be able to launch or improve a SOX project successfully…
This is part 2 on building a project timeline for SOX 404. We answer tactical questions like: (1) Which processes should we start with? (2) When should we do the process documentation? (3) When should we do the walk-throughs? (4) When should we do the testing? (5) How many rounds of testing should we do?…
In Part 2, we learned who to include in the 302 certifications (linked to article #32), who to include in the Disclosure Committee and when to start the 302 certification process. Today in Part 3, we answer the following questions: (1) What tools can we use to automate the certification process? (2) What should be included in the certification letters?…
In Part 1, we summarized the SOX 302 requirements, the certification set-up overview and who…
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…
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 …