So much for “better luck next year.” A new survey of public companies indicates that a solid majority of them will struggle through Sarbanes-Oxley compliance in 2005 much as they did in 2004: understaffed, overworked, and awash in a sea of manual controls that require expensive testing and remediation. Hopes that last year’s inaugural efforts […]
Matt Kelly
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Hailing Sarbanes-Oxley “Champions” At Arrow Electronics
This profile is the latest in a series of weekly conversations with executives at U.S. public companies who are currently involved in establishing and developing compliance programs. An index of previous conversations is available here. Your title is corporate controller. Are you personally in charge of governance and compliance at Arrow? Well, I’m controller. Along […]
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Email Security Poses IT And Compliance Obstacles
In the world of compliance, securing email is a lot like sex: everybody does it, few discuss it, and none really know whether their technique is quite right. By comparison, many other compliance challenges pose relatively simple obstacles for IT staff. A finance application, for example, can be sealed off from workers without proper access […]
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Addressing Overseas 404 Challenges At Boston Scientific
This profile is the latest in a series of weekly conversations with executives at U.S. public companies who are currently involved in establishing and developing compliance programs. An index of previous conversations is available here. So your job revolves solely around Section 404—how did that happen? I’ve been with Boston Scientific for nine years. When […]
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Case Study: Whistleblower System Deployed At Plantronics
This “case study” is the latest in a series of articles aimed at helping public companies understand how other organizations are using technology to comply with new regulations and standards. These are not advertisements or marketing vehicles for the companies mentioned; Compliance Week’s editorial staff speaks with the public company that has deployed the technology, […]
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Q&A With VP Governance, Internal Audit At Polycom
This profile is the latest in a series of weekly conversations with executives at U.S. public companies who are currently involved in establishing and developing compliance programs. An index of previous conversations is available here. You head both internal audit and governance. How did the position evolve? I’ve been with the company for eight years […]
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Lost At The Intersection Of IT Security And Compliance
Pedro Carrera thought he had stitched together a pretty secure information technology system at RailAmerica Corp. over the last few years. In fact, Carrera—SAP manager at the $395.6 million regional rail service provider—had even installed advanced systems to facilitate continuous monitoring of the company’s security and controls. Of course, that’s precisely when Carrera discovered just […]
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Tracking The Impact Of SOX 404: T&E Clampdown
The three-martini lunch might soon get audited out of existence. Thanks to The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, corporate America already feels the compliance heat in core departments such as finance and payroll. Now that same efficient attention to detail is extending to the rest of corporate operations, and a prime target is the receipt-riddled function […]
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Case Study: Document Management At OSI Pharma.
This “case study” is the latest in a series of articles aimed at helping public companies understand how other organizations are using technology to comply with new regulations and standards. These are not advertisements or marketing vehicles for the companies mentioned; Compliance Week’s editorial staff speaks with the public company that has deployed the technology, […]
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Corporate Processes vs. Compliance At SCM Microsystems
This profile is the latest in a series of weekly conversations with executives at U.S. public companies who are currently involved in establishing and developing compliance programs. An index of previous conversations is available here. ‘Director of corporate processes’—what’s the origin of that title? We decided when we began the Sarbanes compliance project that ‘compliance’ […]
