• What is the importance of Sections 302 and 404?
• "Implementing" SOX using COSO and COBIT
• SOX's impact on foreign companies andnonprofits
• Achieving cost-effective sustainable compliance
• The evolving role of the SEC and the PCAOB

Praise for ESSENTIALS OF SARBANES-OXLEY

"Since its enactment in 2002, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its Section 404 internal control requirements have caused many a great deal of 'pain and suffering ' With its emphasis on what Sanjay Anand frequently reminds us is the 'real world, ' this book should...

"Effective SOX programs enlist the entire organization to build and monitor a compliant control environment. However, even the best SOX programs are inefficient at best, ineffective at worst, if there is a lack of informed, competent finance and IT personnel to support the effort. This book provides these important professionals a needed resource for and road map toward successfully implementing their SOX initiative."
--Scott Green Chief Administrative Officer, Weil, Gotshal & Manges...

This book provides an executive summary of the newly passed Financial Regulations Act. It examines the most important sections of the Act, how it impacts the financial industry, as well as what executives must know and do in order to comply with the Act.

• One of the first books to provide an executive summary from a compliance perspective
• Presents responsibilities of senior level executives regarding this new Act
• Reveals what has changed within the regulatory environment
• Provides tips...