Thursday, October 07, 2004

Change management provides a launchpad for SOX audits

When auditors come to your company to perform Sarbanes-Oxley auditing one of the first groups they will talk with is the Change Management department. From an auditor’s perspective, Change Management is one of the best places to begin to understand how your company performs and controls its work, since most if not all the changes to your production environment flow through your group.

Of course, if you work in Change Management, you long ago realized that you had a bull's-eye painted on your forehead and are used to the scrutiny. However, since this is the first time you have gone through a SOX review, you may be wondering what you are up against and will this audit differ from previous audits.

To find out, I spent some time chatting up the manager of change management for a Fortune 500 company about his experiences dealing with SOX audits.

Change management provides a launchpad for SOX audits

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