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Jury still out on Sarbanes-Oxley and IPOs
A San Jose Mercury News columnist notes that Sarbanes-Oxley has turned 6 and laments that he hasn't received a single invitation. Well, there were few parties in Silicon Valley, where Sarbox is still Read more...
Critics of XBRL hoping for a delay
Has the fact that small companies won a series of reprieves from compliance with 404(b) of Sarbanes-Oxley emboldened big companies facing an aggressive XBRL adoption mandate? Maybe. Big companies Read more...
Top 10 ERM-GRC myths
A lot of companies have moved to augment enterprise risk management platforms with dedicated governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions. That trend isn't going to disappear anytime soon, but Read more...
Bank spending on fraud and authentication soars
Banks have a lot to worry about as they take their Web-based services to new levels. Phishers and others fraud artists are boosting their sophistication level, a challenge that banks cannot afford Read more...
The compliance dangers of Web 2.0
For hackers and thieves, the rise of Web 2.0 as an enterprise-level communications medium looms as a goldmine. Forrester Research says that a lot of new-age collaborative services are in operation Read more...
A quid pro quo for IFRS adoption?
The big issue right now in the accounting world is International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). There's a whole lot of anxiety about when companies will have to comply. One idea that cfo.com Read more...
These are busy times, don't forget XBRL
For the moment, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is at the top of everyone's worry list. But a Compliance Week survey reminds us that the SEC has published a proposal to mandate Read more...
Another 404(b) extension for small companies
The SEC has approved another gift for nonaccelerated filers: another one-year reprieve on Section 404(b) compliance. Even as investor advocates howl, the news came as a relief to many companies. For Read more...
Mini versions of Sarbanes Oxley coming?
Scandals and economic hardship tend to give rise to various reform efforts. Often with the best of intentions. But the total effect may be a mish-mash of mini-Sarbanes Oxleys across stats and Read more...
Do not equate security with compliance
It makes a lot of sense to integrate compliance and security efforts. But Baseline warns that it would be a mistake to think that just because you are in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley and a host of Read more...