| Self-Service Sarbanes-Oxley Auditing
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), passed by the US
Congress in 2002, represents a fundamental shift
in corporate governance norms. As corporations
come to terms with the implications of SOX to
their businesses, one thing is clear: a SOX
compliance program is not a one-time project but
a sustained effort to gain visibility and
accountability into business processes that affect
the accuracy of financial reporting. Most IT
controls are manual, error prone and resource
intensive.
Validate changes against authorizations automatically
Solidcore S3 Control has helped a number of
customers solve this issue by building a self-service,
automated IT control framework in which all the information required to verify compliance
is available in a single reporting system, at the
click of a button. Solidcore’s real-time change
detection capability along with its automated and
highly accurate change reconciliation provides an
automated way to validate changes against
authorizations. Out of process changes (for
example, emergency fixes) are automatically
documented and reconciled for easier auditability.
Automate manual controls, reduce your control set
 Customers using S3 Control for Sarbanes-Oxley auditing have realized significant benefits both in terms of reduced risk as well as reduced cost. In most cases, the first phase of benefits comes in the form of automating currently manual controls. The second phase of benefits comes from rationalizing and reducing the control set, based on demonstrating to auditors that control capabilities are built into the fabric of the environment.
To learn more about how to automate SOX Auditing in your enterprise, read our white paper on Self-Service SOX Auditing Using S3 Control .
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