• Business Functions; User - Functions / Users
• IT Organization & Commitment, Core IT processes
• Applications - Old / Current / Future
• Data; Hardware / Tools / Software
• Environments; Interfaces
• Supporting Agencies

• Chartered Accountants-CAs,
• IT Profesionals
• Finance Profesionals, Sr. Manager Finance
• CISA
• Process Consultants
• Auditors

• The Act
  
  Why the Act?
  Regulatory requirements
  The act in detail
• An Audit Charter for Compliance Verification
  
  The definition
  The process
  The audit execution
  The reporting requirements
  Tools for SOX compliance check
• Compliant Organization
  
  The organization structure
  Roles & responsibilities
  Policies and procedure
  Use and Impact on information technology
  Business & resulting data & verification
• Application of the act in Software Application
  
  The features required
  Scope under the requirements of the act
  Review and testing based on the requirements of the act
• Application of the act in Software Environment
  
  The product acquisition
  The software development
  User acceptance testing
  Test data preparation
  The production environment setup
  The data protection and security
  The data retention and destroying
  Change management process
  
• Methodology:
  Classroom sessions with hands on Exercises & Demonstration

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (or SOX as it is often referred to) has been described as the "most broad-sweeping legislation" since the Securities Act of the 1930s. Enacted by President Bush in 2002 in response to such corporate accounting scandals as Enron and WorldCom, the Act is transforming business in corporate America and around the world.

Executives and other professionals in:

• Finance and Accounting
• Information Technology
• Internal / External Audit
• Professionals interested in the IT Audit field

Learning Objectives : Gain an understanding to what SOX is, how it came to be, and its impact on you.

• History and impact of SOX
• Events leading up to the Act
• Key components of the Act
• Consequences for business
• The role of SEC & PCAOB
• The future impact of SOX

Learning Objectives : An in-depth look at the most important elements of SOX frameworks and practices with emphasis on IT Audit Objectives and IT Controls.

• Critical sections of SOX including 302, 404, 409, 103
• COSO framework
• PCAOB IT General Controls Objectives
• COBIT Domains, Processes, and Control Objectives
• Internal Controls, Financial Assertions, Risk Management

Learning Objectives: A comprehensive and thorough coverage of the different IT control frameworks.

• PCAOB ITGC specific objectives with reference to:
• BS7799 Control Areas and Control Objectives
• ITIL Domains

• Intent of Sarbanes-Oxley and why it is important to you and your organization
• What caused the recent corporate governance failures and how to prevent them
• The tenets of Sarbanes-Oxley CEO and CFO certifications and disclosures
• The roles of Internal Audit, IT Audit, and a comparison to the COSO framework
• Sarbanes-Oxley related bodies including SEC, PCAOB, and COSO
• Sarbanes-Oxley planning and implementation methodology
• Impact of Section 302 (Certification and Disclosure) and Section 404 (Internal Controls)
• Key sections of Sarbanes-Oxley Act (specifically 302, 404, 409, 103, 301)
• The future impact of Sarbanes-Oxley in the US and around the world
• How and why Sarbanes-Oxley impacts virtually everyone in every department
• Career opportunities created by Sarbanes-Oxley and how to leverage them.

• The most comprehensive SOX training and certification programs
• Continuously updated, improved, and revised to keep current with changes
• Benefit from world-class real-world training methodology
• Active, hands-on exercises to gain practical skills that you can use immediately
• Superior training environment and instructor-student ratio
• Outstanding value for you investment of time and money
• Opportunity to network with like-minded individuals