White Papers provide "thought leadership" on a particular solution, technology, or standard. In a constantly-changing regulatory and technology environment, white papers have become extraordinarily useful in understanding the technical and business implications of a particular solution. The white papers below have been provided by companies whose solutions facilitate compliance with the latest regulatory and legislative requirements.

Company	Title	Description
	A Practical Guide to Assessing Fraud Risk in Your Organization	Richard Wilson, EVP of Resolver Inc., provides a practical approach to designing and managing Fraud Risk Assessment and highlights the differences between a successful versus an unsuccessful assessment.
	Is There No Option?	Enterprise Financial Consulting provides a comprehensive overview on backdating and spring-loading of stock options. Learn about backdating and the consequences; the history of option usage; spring-loading; red flags; and what the future holds.
	Best Practices in Information GovernanceTM: Email Archiving and Compliance Strategies	RenewData's whitepaper will enable organizations to bridge the communications gap between legal and IT departments, and facilitate efforts to become compliance and litigation ready.
	Spreadsheet Compliance Five Steps to Success for Spreadsheet Compliance	An examination of how companies can apply a rational approach to controlling spreadsheets: taking inventory, assessing risks around them, and applying restrictions. Sponsored by Prodiance Corp and Jefferson Wells.
	Sustaining SOX Compliance: Moving from chaos to consistency	This guide provides recommendations for companies seeking to make their financial control systems and evaluations sustainable. Read as this paper outlines a useful set of approaches and best practices for executives and managers who must implement sustainable financial control systems.
	Knock your SOX off – Getting business benefits from 404 compliance	This paper explores how companies can leverage their SOX activities to yield business benefits that go well beyond effective financial controls, including: -Improving the nature of certain controls -Centralizing operations -Improving the flow and reliability of information -Implementing business process improvements
	The Sarbanes-Oxley Act- A Business Blessing in Disguise	This white paper will evaluate and analyze the implications of SOX along all aspects of your spend and procurement activities, and will show how implementing the right solutions can make your business SOX-compliant and help you run it more effectively.
	PricewaterhouseCoopers’ New White Paper on Sustainable Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance.	The transition most companies must make from project to process modes of executing Sarbanes-Oxley compliance will not occur without forethought and a structured approach to implementation. PricewaterhouseCoopers’ new white paper, “How to move your company to sustainable Sarbanes-Oxley compliance – from project to process,” offers guidance on an effective path for companies to follow as they seek to achieve sustainable compliance.
	Best Practices in Messaging Security: Managing email security policy and regulatory compliance requirements.	Internal and external regulatory demands have driven major changes in the systems, processes and security inside organizations. These regulations are designed to stop inbound as well as outbound email threats. Learn more in this report from Ziff Davis and Proofpoint.
	Proactive Preservation Management: Findings and Best Practices from 2002-2004	This whitepaper outlines electronic evidence best practices and technology solutions that enable control of production costs, reduction of unknown legal exposure and implementation of retention policies.
	Integrity-Driven Performance: A New Strategy for Success Through Integrated Governance, Risk and Compliance Management	PricewaterhouseCoopers presents a "best-practice" view of world class capabilities and introduces an integrated Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Operating Model. The GRC Operating Model is a tool for helping management drive stakeholder value through the organization based on an integrity-driven performance strategy.
	A Practical Approach to IT Compliance White Paper	Are evolving compliance requirements placing strains on your IT organization? Learn how to quickly fulfill your compliance obligations without impacting current operations.
	The Unofficial Guide to Instant Messaging for Executives	Akonix provides organizations with the ability to utilize public IM networks for business critical communications safely and securely. Download The Unofficial Guide to Instant Messaging for Executives to learn how to manage IM use in your organization.
	Keeping Data Private (and knowing it)	This paper provides insight into how to best audit the access of your data to ensure your data is secure. Ambeo provides innovative data access auditing, performance management, and usage tracking software to companies with some of the largest database environments in the world.
	Audit the Data - or Else	Authored by analyst firm Baroudi Bloor International. Discusses data auditing as it relates to compliance and best practices. Data auditing for SOX, HIPAA, and GLBA is explained.
	Meeting the Challenges of a Sarbanes-Oxley Document Management Strategy	Details the steps to centrally archive, index, and protect all material documents, resulting in a significantly lower "cost of compliance" and minimal disruption to business.
	Calculating Cost, Value Of Whistleblowing Program In Reducing Fraud	Aims to help directors better understand issues that need to be addressed as part of a complete corporate whistle blowing program.
	Understanding Instant Messaging Compliance Requirements	Discusses requirements of instant messaging by brokers, dealers, and transfer agents subject to SEC rule 17a-4 and others.
	Best Practices in Ethics Hotlines	A framework for creating an effective anonymous reporting program.
	Regulation of Instant Messaging as a Book and Record	The explosive growth of instant messaging in the workplace is causing serious concerns for compliance officers in financial services organizations. Learn more on how SEC regulations apply to instant messaging.
	Understanding and Addressing the Challenges of Compliance and Discovery	Discusses regulatory landscape and document retention in relation to EMC's Centera Compliance Edition.
	Capitalizing on SOX to Build Supply Chain Advantage	Recommends a "back-to-basics" approach to prioritizing supply chain risks, capabilities, measures and controls, beginning with material impact on financial statements.
	Future of Compliance: Using Technology to Deliver Value	Though this white paper focuses on financial services firms, there's still much here for public companies related to using IT to manage risk.
	Managing in the New Era of Corporate Accountability	Self-described "Corporate Accountability 101," seen through the lens of their financial solutions suite.
	Section 16 Reporting Under Sarbanes-Oxley	Discusses how companies should adjust their reporting procedures to ensure compliance with new filing deadlines.
	Building Shareholder Confidence Through Investor Communications	Discusses the best practices to improve the flow of information to shareholders, building trust and subsquently value.
	Improving Corporate Transparency: More Data is NOT the answer	Advocates move towards "interactive data" in corporate disclosure, for easier and more comprehensive investor and shareholder analysis.
	Unenforced Records Management Is Too Dangerous To Overlook	Outlines dangers, risks and vulnerabilities, and recommends steps for a records management program.
	Best Practices in Enterprise Performance Planning	Includes seven steps for executing better, with a focus on examining business execution.
This directory should not be construed to be an endorsement of these companies, products or services. In addition, inclusion in this list does not validate or ensure the companies' compliance claims.