SOX Controls Publication Release 2.0 ...

Updated release of SOX control objectives ...

... "ITGI has released an updated edition of its well-received publication, IT Control Objectives for Sarbanes-Oxley. " ...

Via IT Governance Institute: Second Edition of Sarbanes-Oxley Publication Available ...

SOX IT Compliance: Verizon Exemplar ...

Verizon honored as an exemplar in IT SOX compliance. The company was noted for their use of work process and systems to enable the high-level of performance through its SOX program office. Best practices cited: strong finance dept partnership, leadership committment, and proactive auditing. ...

... "Verizon Business strives to be a role model in IT governance and compliance, said Judy Spitz, Verizon Business chief information officer. Spitz heads the company's Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Program Office, which is responsible for maintaining and improving IT controls and monitors more than 30 of the company's largest revenue and transaction volume applications. " ...

Via Verizon Business: Verizon Business Honored With Prestigious Technology Managers Forum Award ...

Project Management Office: PMO Approach to Basel II ...

Just like SOX compliance, banks are wise to implement the PMO, or project management office, approach to Basel II compliance. Article explores Basel II and the approach to risk management projects ...

... "Once an approach has been chosen, the bank will need to put in place a project management office (PMO) to address the approach-specific requirements of Basel II. " ...

Project Management Office: PMO Approach to Basel II: Compliance with Basel II: Via Express Computer

Project Management: Virtual Decision Making

Struggling with enabling and sustaining project decisions? Bill Thomas promotes effective decision-making through a process that considers the level of decision-making participation and measures performance. The decision roles of participants should be understood, documented, and monitored (helpful with compliance, such as SOX). Graphical visualization of key measures is recommended, in combination with the appropriate commentary to provide the color and texture of the business context. ...

... "Effective group decision making within performance management has always been a challenge, but traditional decision-making approaches do not consider the speed and complexity of dynamic virtual work teams regularly employed at this time. They also neglect recent compliance regulations that have a direct impact on defining current business processes. Ten years ago, an organization could employ loose guidelines and/or project management techniques because group decision making was less complicated. " ...

Via Business Intelligence Network: Decision Making and Risk within the Performance Management Process ...

IT Projects: Front-End-Load Software Service ...

Software service augments enterprise project management tools to support the front-end-load (FEL) of IT projects: estimates, resource plans, and schedules. ...

... "SCOPE iT Inc., a provider of IT project planning software services, today announced the latest version of its flagship product, SCOPE iT v.5. SCOPE iT is a web-based software service that helps CIOs and CFOs develop more accurate IT project plans, including cost estimates, resource requirements and time schedules. According to the 2004 Standish Group Chaos Report, $55 million annually is wasted on failed IT projects, which represents 22 percent of an average organization’s IT project budget. SCOPE iT is designed to reduce that number and can help double an organization’s project success rate, saving up to 10 percent or more of its IT project budget, while improving compliance with governance initiatives and frameworks such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), ITIL, CMMI, COBIT and Six Sigma.

This latest version of SCOPE iT – v.5 – provides important up-front project planning capabilities – including estimating, forecasting, resourcing, scoping and scheduling – that complement project management and PPM applications. SCOPE iT v.5 includes a number of new features tailored toward large enterprise organizations, including support for project portfolios, user definable cost categories and enhanced management, organization and customization capabilities. " ...

IT Projects: Front-End-Load Software Service: Via ScopeIT: SCOPE IT INC. INTRODUCES NEW IT PROJECT PLANNING SOFTWARE SERVICE: SCOPE iT v.5 Provides Expanded Capabilities To Increase IT Governance Success ...

Alan Calder Hosts SOX Webinar

Alan Calder, the leading IT Security and Governance guru, will be hosting a webinar on January 25th to talk about ISO 27001 (the new security standard) and how it creates a full-range solution for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, drawing from CobiT, ITIL and ISO 17799.

For more, here's the info...

Alan Calder on IT Governance, information security and ISO 27001 (BS7799): SOX webinar

SOX 404 Solution: IT Controls Automation

New software release incorporates controls automation, testing, and reporting in a comprehensive library of business processes. ...

... "With the new release, MetricStream Design now enables users to identify any control as a process-level application control or a process-level general IT control or a process-level manual control. In addition, MetricStream Design now enables users to capture general IT controls by defining IT as a separate function with various processes such as acquisition, change management, service level monitoring, security, incident management etc and enabling customers to easily comply with COBIT, ISO17799 and ITIL standards. MetricStream Assess now provides a framework that automates the testing of process level application controls and reports the results for the entire test - including manual and application controls, in an integrated manner and also provides an out-of-the-box library containing more than 1500 tests for automating the testing of application level controls in general ledger, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, inventory / cost Accounting, asset management and payroll processes. " ...

SOX 404 Solution: IT Controls Automation: Via MetricStream: MetricStream adds full support for IT Controls and Automation of Application Control Testing in its SOx 404 Solution ...

SOX SarbanesOxley: IT Asset Management: Webinar

Peregrine and Protiviti collaborate in Web Seminar, Dec 8, on driving SOX Sarbanes-Oxley compliance through better management of information technology assets. ...

Via Peregrine: Peregrine Systems and Protiviti to Participate in InformationWeek TechWebCast on Sarbanes-Oxley and the Role of IT Asset Management ...

... "The WebCast will take place on Thursday, December 8 at 9:00 a.m. PST, and will discuss how organizations can minimize the total cost of ownership for IT assets and mitigate the risks associated with software audits. Although a number of major milestones have been met since Sarbanes-Oxley regulations were enacted in 2002, there is still a long way to go to achieve effective long-term compliance, especially within the IT organization. During this discussion, experts from Peregrine and Protiviti will draw on their experience working with business and technology leaders to offer advice on what's necessary to meet Sarbanes-Oxley compliance requirements and discuss a fast track approach to establishing leading IT Asset Management practices. " ...

SarbanesOxley SOX Project: Sustainable Process ...

Sarbanes-Oxley SOX compliance is transitioning from a project management effort to an embedded sustainable process. Nancy Beacham, PWC, offers her perspective on the evolution of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance in year two. ...

SarbanesOxley SOX Project: Sustainable Process: Via IT Business Edge: From Project to Process ...

... "Companies have since realized that they can't do Sarbanes-Oxley compliance under a project mode, so they are moving it into a process that is embedded within the organization. " ...

IT Governance: COSO Cobit Integration with ESAS ...

IT governance needs to manage the risks associated with SOX compliance. Doug Henschen explores the ESAS methodology employed by Chevron information technology organization to manage its complexity and risks. ...

IT Governance: COSO Cobit Integration with ESAS: Via Intelligent Enterprise: Chevron IT Risk Initiative Spurs Corporate Compliance

... "ESAS is compatible with some of the open frameworks now emerging for IT governance. For example, Chevron is an ITIL shop, and Brabeion says it's incorporating the COSO and CobiT frameworks into ESAS ... " ...

Turnkey Processes For PMO Setup: Project Management Office

Project Management Office: Set up your Project Management Office with easy to use, SOX compliant project management office processes ...

... "Set up processes for organizational project management. Processes On Demand can be used for both dedicated PMOs as well as virtual PMOs and helps to ensure rapid adoption and consistent execution of PMO processes and best practices. " ...

BOT International is a leading provider of software solutions for project management processes. BOT International helps project management offices and IT organizations reduce costs, save time, and improve project results. BOT International is headquartered in Orlando, Florida, with sales offices in Orlando, Florida; New York, New York; Nashua, New Hampshire; Dallas, Texas; Newport Beach, California; and Singapore.

Software Supports ITGovernance CorporateGovernance

Software Supports ITGovernance CorporateGovernance: BWise Sets New Compliance Standard with New Product Release: Pioneering Solution Combines IT Governance and Corporate Governance for Full Internal Control ...

BWise software enables integrated IT governance leveraging internal process controls, such as the COBIT, COSO and ITIL standards ...

... "The newest version of the BWise product suite provides the most comprehensive internal control and risk management framework available, with a fully integrated IT and Corporate Governance solution. The flexible solution helps ensure compliance with such key regulatory requirements as those mandated by Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and BASEL II. " ...

BWise is a global leader in compliance and enterprise risk management (ERM) software, with a strong heritage in business process management. Established in 1994, BWise delivers proven solutions to help organizations become “in control” by increasing corporate accountability; strengthening financial, strategic and operational efficiencies; and maximizing performance and ROI. BWise has developed a sustainable presence in the compliance sector with quick start templates for SOX, Basel II, SAS70 COSO, COBIT, and others. BWise has more than 1,200 customers in more than 80 countries worldwide, like AEGON, VNU/AC Nielsen, TNT, Bouwfonds/ABN AMRO and 125,000 users in virtually all markets.