SARBANES-OXLEY WILL MEAN BIG CHANGES FOR BOTH auditors and the companies they audit. The former now will be required to certify a company’s internal controls and will no longer be able to use certain ...

The increasing number of hours devoted to Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, have accelerated the need to use technology and automation to cope, according to a new survey.

Just the mention of a Sarbanes-Oxley audit provokes horror stories of inordinate time spent providing evidence; complying with written policies, procedures and guidelines; and attending countless ...

In the wake of a variety of accounting scandals that cost investors billions of dollars, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was introduced in 2002 to provide assurance about the accuracy and completeness of ...

New guidelines for auditors of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance could take effect later this week, lowering the cost of SOX initiatives and reducing companies' dependence on auditors to interpret SOX ...

MENLO PARK, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO, March 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Protiviti, a global consulting firm and recognized leader in internal audit, risk management, and technology consulting, today ...

There’s nothing more unpleasant than a root canal, except maybe an audit of your IT operations. Yet with regular audits being a component of regulations such as PCI and SOX, there’s no escaping them.

The purpose of the Sarbanes Oxley Act is to prevent fraudulent accounting practices in publicly held corporations. Congress passed SOX in 2002 after a series of accounting scandals duped stockholders ...

Beginning in 2007, CEOs of private companies will begin to feel the effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), as new audit standards and practices are imposed that will interject business owners into ...

Sarbanes-Oxley is the most sweeping legislation to affect publicly traded companies since the reforms during the Great Depression. CIOs should follow Gartner’s four-phase approach to meet compliance ...