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Whistleblower issues still abound
Sarbanes Oxley was supposed to be a boon to whistleblowers. But it hasn't really worked out like that. There were some administrative rulings that resulted in a situation where the provisions were... Read more...
Rethink 'compliance' as IT project justification?
Security managers have to justify their projects like all other managers. And it's become a common refrain to couch their programs' benefits in the rhetoric of compliance. This has been going on... Read more...
Did Justices tip their hand on Sarbanes-Oxley?
We probably will not know exactly what the Supreme Court justices think about the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board until spring, when a decision is revealed. If you were the gambling sort,... Read more...
FTC blogger guidelines: The impact
Recall that the FTC issued disclosure guidelines for bloggers, as part of its recent guidelines on advertising and endorsements--its first new missive on the subject in almost 30 years. Some have... Read more...
Group suggests path to cyber security
The problem with cyberthieves is that they tend to be a resourceful, fast-reacting bunch. So the Internet Security Alliance--an alliance of companies working with Carnegie Mellon's cybersecurity... Read more...
Finally, the Supreme Court takes up Sarbanes-Oxley
After a whole lot of angst, punditry and hand-wringing, we have finally arrived at the beginning of the moment of truth: The Supreme Court was scheduled to finally take up the issue of the Public... Read more...
These men want to takedown Sarbanes-Oxley
The Supreme Court has taken up the issue of PCAOB constitutionality, which has thrust two Jones Day lawyers Michael Carvin and Noel Francisco into the case of a lifetime. The world sees them as... Read more...
The FDIC's view of bank IT risk
The FDIC is not taking a lax view of banks' IT risk responsibilities. The idea of better accountability and lower risk encompasses the IT components. The focus seems to be less on specific mandates... Read more...
A shift in regulatory use of Sarbanes-Oxley
Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley act gives the SEC the ability to clawback money that executives "earned" during periods when their companies were misleading investors. It had never been invoked... Read more...
Do CIOs flaunt risk?
The tension between CIOs and CFOs within organizations is nothing new. People have been talking about this for years. In the Sarbanes-Oxley era, these tensions seemed to reach their boiling point,... Read more...
