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Chicago Teacher Breaks World Record
2007-08-08 22:56:00 Feeling stuck in a rut at work this week? Well, if the heat index ? which is up near 107 degrees in the District, by the way ? is leaving you yearning for the cool breeze on your face, then take a minute to put yourself in the shoes of college lecturer Richard Rodriguez ? ... More About: World , Chicago , World Record , Teacher , Record
Daily News: Former Brocade CEO Found Guilty, Along With 63 Other Execs Sinc
2007-08-08 17:14:00 All eyes were on former Brocade Communications Systems Inc. CEO Gregory Reyes yesterday as a jury found him guilty on all 10 counts of conspiracy and securities fraud in the government’s first criminal trial of stock options backdating. With his conviction Reyes could face up to 20 years in prison for the more serious charges ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Guilty , Cade
Daily News: More SOX Surveys, and a Monday News Round Up
2007-08-06 19:42:00 Nothing like a Monday for all the news you can use. For those wanting to add fuel to the SOX Hater Fire, InformationWeek’s got a survey from the folks at Foley & Lardner about just how much SOX compliance is costing corporations, and how many are considering going private to avoid it. Have ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Round Up , Surveys
Daily News: Former Executive of Prudential Securities Pays $100,000 in SEC
2007-07-31 19:59:00 In case you missed it, and for those faithful readers of Audit Trail one could certainly wonder HOW? But we digress? yesterday marked the fifth anniversary of Sarbanes-Oxley. But while the rest of us were stuffing our faces with delicious pieces of birthday cake, Michael Rice, former executive of Prudential Securities , was forking over $100,000 ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Executive
Phil Livingston: A Look Back at SOX
2007-07-20 15:54:00 Audit Trail recently caught up with Phil Livingston, vice chairman of the board of directors of Approva, to find out his perspective on the formation of SOX legislation, as well as his views on the past five years. Audit Trail: After five years, are you still a supporter of Sarbanes-Oxley? Phil Livingston: Yes, I am. The circumstances ... More About: Back , Look , Ving
Daily News: SEC Gets Global
2007-07-20 15:02:00 Check out the E&Y/Google settlement ? as reported by some of our favorite mainline publications: New York Times, Boston Globe, InfoWorld. The Murdoch deal continues to make headlines. Li is in trouble ? getting a Wells and all ? but we?re not sure why. The details are not forthcoming. And, another headliner is Chester Spatt. ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Global
Looking Back: SOX Year Two and Three
2007-07-19 17:24:00 No one, but no one, wants to be Bill Murray in Groundhog Day. (Yes, this Groundhog Day NOT this one.) If we wanted to be Bill Murray, it would be his Lost in Translation self, but that is another story. After the first year of SOX compliance, internal auditors, CFOs and anyone who ever heard ... More About: Back , Three , Look , Year , Looking Back
Daily News: Compliance, Data Breaches and Identity Fraud ? Oh My!
2007-07-19 16:55:00 No round up today, people. Just a focused look at compliance and data breaches. For the consumer, identity theft can be financially crippling, time consuming, humiliating and frustrating. The federal government does things like this and state governments do things like this and this. No, you aren?t on the wrong site. Compliance is broader than ... More About: News , Daily , Fraud , Daily News , Data
Daily News: Happy Friday The 13th
2007-07-13 17:02:00 Most people avoid walking under ladders and path-crossing black cats on Friday the 13th. However, all of these superstitious rituals will not free Dendreon executives from the company?s current string of bad luck. The troubled biotech company just had its stock downgraded in the wake of an SEC investigation for potential insider trading violations. ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Happy
Music Video Exclusive: Happy 5th Birthday Sarbanes-Oxley
2007-07-12 21:54:00 Music Video Exclusive : Happy Fifth Birthday Sarbanes-Oxley More About: Media , Music , Music Video
Singing CPA Sings Happy Birthday to Sarbanes-Oxley
2007-07-12 21:42:00 Now, I bet you thought that we were planning on singing the age-old ?Happy Birthday to You,? to SOX didn?t you? However, special occasions, like the fifth birthday of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, require special songs to commemorate the day. You know you loved it when your kindergarten teacher sang ?The Name Game? to ... More About: Podcasts , Happy Birthday
Approva Compliance Survey Results: Majority of Public Company Executives Be
2007-07-12 15:08:00 A week into our SOX 5th Anniversary Celebration, we thought we would take a break from the celebrations and focus on more serious matters ? namely, the opinions of over 245 public company executives who responded to Approva?s Compliance Survey : Sarbanes-Oxley Five Years Later. Despite widespread media coverage that public companies are begging for ... More About: Breaking News , Company , Public , Results
Daily News: U.K. Companies Voluntarily Comply with SOX
2007-07-12 14:09:00 The reverse ?British Invasion? seems to be taking place ? with the U.S-based SOX causing a stir in the UK. According to a report issued by Henley Management College, UK-based companies that have SOX-compliant partners will also have to comply with the regulation themselves ? and others will be voluntarily complying. In other global news, ... More About: News , Companies , Daily , Daily News , Compa
New Certifications Abound for IS in GRC
2007-07-06 17:16:00 According to its press release, The IT Governance-Risk-Compliance Group of GRC Institute has created a new division focused on Information Security (IS) to better address the cascading dependency between IS Governance, IS Risk and IS Compliance. Specifically, the Division is announcing new training and certification programs in these three interrelated domains of Information Security: Cert ified ... More About: Daily News
Harvey Pitt: Government?s Response to Major Market Disruptions
2007-07-05 22:05:00 Harvey L. Pitt , CEO of the global business consulting firm Kalorama Partners, is a former SEC chairman and a current independent board member of Approva Corporation. As SEC chairman from 2001 to 2003, Pitt led the commission?s response to the market disruptions resulting from the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and led the commission?s adoption of ... More About: Government , Market , Major , Response
Ethical Behavior = $$$
2007-07-05 19:15:00 We spend a fair amount of time talking about the tools and techniques companies can employ to manage their auditing processes. Why not? We?re all about continuous controls monitoring and thus, we keep it focused on what might matter to the chief risk officer ? cfo ? internal auditor team etc. But take a gander ... More About: Daily News , Behavior , Al B
Celebrate Good Times
2007-07-03 21:00:00 Here at Audit Trail, we don?t know whether to be psyched about having a day off to celebrate America?s birthday, or bummed that a Wednesday Fourth has ruined our plans for a four-day weekend. All in all, despite our feelings about America?s birthday (clearly we will be sporting our red, white and blue with ... More About: Daily News , Celebrate , Times , Good , Good Times
Spreading The Love: Judith Platz Joins Approva as VP of Customer Support
2007-07-02 22:17:00 Faithful readers know we love a good audit here at Approva. We also love building our team, and today, we are proud to announce that Judith Platz, a 6 year veteran of Oracle, has joined Approva as VP of Custom er Support . We?ve built quite a company (if we do say so ourselves) by ... More About: Love , Customer Support
Daily News: SOX Delays Continue
2007-07-02 20:42:00 First-up this morning is late-breaking news from last week ? that the U.S. House has moved to delay the deadline for SOX accounting rules compliance. By a margin of 100+ votes, lawmakers approved a spending measure that funds the White House, SEC, and other government entities ? and that now includes a year-long delay ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Dail , Delays
Burton Catalyst Wrap Up - The Next Phase for User Provisioning
2007-07-02 15:24:00 Every year Burton Group?s Catalyst Conference is the place to see and be seen if you have anything to do with identity management. This year was no different. Approva was camped out in the Sun Microsystems hospitality suite showing off our integration with Sun Identity Manager. If you missed it, there?s still plenty of time ... More About: User , Vision , Visio , Phase
Building ?Reduced Risk of Fraud? Into Your GRC Business Case
2007-06-29 16:23:00 ?Reduced risk of fraud? is one of those generic benefits of governance, risk & compliance (GRC) efforts that everyone knows exists, but which is often difficult to grasp until it becomes personal. If you?re one of the people who has been pulled in to a segregation of duties (SoD) project over the last few years ... More About: Business , Building , Fraud , Risk , Case
Daily News: The Friday Morning Line Up
2007-06-29 15:39:00 We have a round-up today, people. Just too much to share this Friday . So, poke around at will. Hedge Funds and Blogging. Bear Sterns personal blogger Marin came under scrutiny as his hedge funds collapsed and his blog continued. Leave the man alone, we say. If he wants to see Evan Almighty who are we to ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Morning
July is Party Time for Sarbanes-Oxley
2007-06-28 23:00:00 That?s right folks ? Audit Trail is bringing you SOXapalooza 2007! In celebration of Sarbanes-Oxley turning 5 at the end of July , Audit Trail is bringing you a month-long schedule of events to help SOX celebrate in style. So, what?s in store? Mark your calendars, as we have retrospective commentary from the ... More About: Party , Time
July is Party Time for Sarbanes-Oxley
2007-06-28 23:00:00 That?s right folks ? Audit Trail is bringing you SOXapalooza 2007! In celebration of Sarbanes-Oxley turning 5 at the end of July , Audit Trail is bringing you a month-long schedule of events to help SOX celebrate in style. So, what?s in store? Mark your calendars, as we have retrospective commentary from the ... More About: Party , Time
Sarbanes-Oxley Fifth Anniversary Survey ? We Want To Hear From You
2007-06-28 16:06:00 As the fifth anniversary of Sarbanes-Oxley approaches, we at Audit Trail are interested in hearing from our readers about what Sarbanes-Oxley has meant to you, your colleagues, and your organizations. We?re interested in finding out general thoughts on financial, technical, and human resources required to maintain SOX compliance, as well as any key benefits ... More About: Anniversary , Survey , Hear , Fifth
Sarbanes-Oxley Fifth Anniversary Survey ? We Want To Hear From You
2007-06-28 16:06:00 As the fifth anniversary of Sarbanes-Oxley approaches, we at Audit Trail are interested in hearing from our readers about what Sarbanes-Oxley has meant to you, your colleagues, and your organizations. We?re interested in finding out general thoughts on financial, technical, and human resources required to maintain SOX compliance, as well as any key benefits ... More About: Anniversary , Survey , Hear , Fifth
Daily News: US. Capital Markets SOX-ed?
2007-06-28 15:11:00 AccountantsWorld delves into the competitiveness of the capital markets and the myriad factors that contribute to the slackening of US IPOs, as cited by the much bandied-about Gov?t Accountability Office report. The report shows a downturn in IPOs, and has caused more than a little ballyhooing about American innovation, competitiveness and global positioning. No one ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Markets , Dail
Daily News: US. Capital Markets SOX-ed?
2007-06-28 15:11:00 AccountantsWorld delves into the competitiveness of the capital markets and the myriad factors that contribute to the slackening of US IPOs, as cited by the much bandied-about Gov?t Accountability Office report. The report shows a downturn in IPOs, and has caused more than a little ballyhooing about American innovation, competitiveness and global positioning. No one ... More About: News , Daily , Daily News , Markets , Dail
Party Time for Pioneers, and A Push For PCI Compliance
2007-06-27 22:10:00 In lieu of Weird Wednesday, we bring you this: Party Time for Pioneers. Bisnow on Business covered the E&Y award ceremony from last week ? and Approva?s own PV Boccasm was there. Read on for more details on the event. And, for other not weird news, consider this article from Yahoo! News on the PCI ... More About: Daily News , Compliance , Push
Party Time for Pioneers, and A Push For PCI Compliance
More articles from this author:2007-06-27 22:10:00 In lieu of Weird Wednesday, we bring you this: Party Time for Pioneers. Bisnow on Business covered the E&Y award ceremony from last week ? and Approva?s own PV Boccasm was there. Read on for more details on the event. And, for other not weird news, consider this article from Yahoo! News on the PCI ... More About: Daily News , Compliance , Push 1, 2, 3 |
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