Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX)
SOX Compliance Deconstructed
Regulatory compliance is a hot topic and costly challenge for most organizations because it not only impacts a business as a whole but can also impact its officers. More and more regulations are being established to require companies to provide evidence that they can protect the privacy and ensure the secure access and integrity of their information resources for consumers and commercial businesses. A regulation that has caught the most attention is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 (SOX). SOX legislation was enacted to protect shareholders and the general public in the face of several high-profile financial scandals. The act mandated a number of reforms to enhance corporate responsibility, improve the integrity of financial disclosures, and combat corporate and accounting fraud.
Businesses are quickly realizing that SOX compliance is not just about process management and documentation of its financial operations. It's also about information protection. IT security has become an important part of meeting new demands placed on businesses by SOX. Significant time and money are being spent on security technology, tools, and resources to ensure SOX compliance. Check Point's intelligent Internet security solutions offer the most proven unified security architecture for both protecting information resources and complying with SOX.