Monday, October 25, 2004

Rayovac's IT team discusses network security, Sarbanes-Oxley and ROI myths

Ben Bradley recently sat down for a chat with network engineer Mike Gutknecht; Brent Leland, director of business IT; and Rick Dempsey, CIO for Rayovac, to discuss the effect of Sarbanes-Oxley on IT processes, myths about ROI justification and the unanticipated benefit of Sarbanes-Oxley to IT budgets.

Ben Bradley: What is Sarbanes-Oxley?

Rick Dempsey: Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) says that firms listed on U.S. stock markets must provide annual disclosures and quarterly updates to shareholders on the effectiveness of their internal controls. The executive office must see the details behind reported financial information and must know in real-time of any changes to business performance. In other words, if you aren’t secure, your controls are not effective.

Rayovac's IT team discusses network security, Sarbanes-Oxley and ROI myths

Send to a friend:

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home

Previous articles

Sarb-Ox Project Following Script

Companies Are Scrambling To Meet The First Sarbane...

Guardium Addresses Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Solut...

SarBox hiring to continue into 2005

Bumper Crop of Corporate Probes

Hansen Gray Picks GT as Sarbanes-Oxley Consultant

Managing the Next Phase of Compliance

Virtusa Corporation Selects OpenPages SOX Express ...

Preparing the Marketing Department for Sarbanes-Ox...

Sarbanes-Oxley: Lack Of IT Controls Seen As Reason...