Rising cost of SOX compliance is pushing companies to rethink compliance strategies
A recent Protiviti survey notes that the bigger the company, the bigger the SOX compliance costs. Smaller companies audited by regional firms have lighter requirements, writes Tammy Whitehouse, but at the end of the day, SOX compliance is expensive for everybody.
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