PREFACE. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. INTRODUCTION. PART I: Sarbanes-Oxley For The Finance Professional. CHAPTER 1: Scope and Assessment of the Act. Integrity. Independence. Proper Oversight. Accountability. Strong Internal Controls. Transparency. Deterrence. Corporate Process Management. CHAPTER 2: Internal Controls. Components of Internal Control. Purpose of Internal Control. Developing an Internal Control System. CHAPTER 3: Control Environment. Risk Assessment. Information and Communication. Monitoring. CHAPTER 4: Material Weaknesses. Specific Internal Controls to Evaluate. Disclosure Committee. CHAPTER 5: Implementing Sarbanes-Oxley: What Does Compliance Look Like? Time Line. Checklists. Reporting, Documentation, and Archiving. Disclosure. CHAPTER 6: Technology Implications. Storage Systems. IT Solutions. Changes in IT Management. CHAPTER 7: Sarbanes-Oxley-Related Bodies. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Committee of Sponsoring Organizations. Securities and Exchange Commission. Financial Accounting Standards Board. CHAPTER 8: Opportunities and Challenges Created by Sarbanes-Oxley. Opportunities. Challenges. CHAPTER 9: Summary for the CFO. Changes to Corporate Governance. Catalyst for Improvement. PART II: Sarbanes-Oxley For The IT Professional. CHAPTER 10: Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley. Impact on the Enterprise, the CEO, and the CFO. Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on Corporate Management Systems. Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on the Technology Infrastructure. CHAPTER 11: Technologies Affected by Sarbanes-Oxley: From Sarbanes-Oxley to SOCKET. Separate Vendor Hype from Reality. Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance as an IT Project. Perspective on Sarbanes-Oxley Goals. Steps for Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance. Sarbanes-Oxley and The SEC. CHAPTER 12: Enterprise Technology Ecosystem. Organic IT Architecture. Ecosystem and Sarbanes-Oxley. CHAPTER 13: Implementing the SOCKET Methodology. Species or Components of the Enterprise Technology Ecosystem. COSO Framework. SOCKET Technologies. Transactional Systems: ERP, SCM, CRM. Analytical and Reporting Systems. Data Warehousing. CHAPTER 14: SOCKET and Enterprise Information Management. Document Management and Sarbanes-Oxley. Document Security. Communication and Networking. CHAPTER 15: The Process. Introduction to the Process. Strategic (Top-Down) Approach. Tactical (Bottom-Up) Approach. Monitoring the Audit Team. Implementation Process: Reengineering for Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance. Beyond Sarbanes-Oxley: From SOCKET to Success Ecosystem. Conclusions. APPENDIX A Sarbanes-Oxley Implementation Plan: Developing an Internal Control System for Compliance (Focusing on Sections 302 and 404). APPENDIX B Project to Process: Making the House a Home. APPENDIX C Enterprise Project Management and the Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Project. APPENDIX D Enterprise Risk Management–Integrated Framework. APPENDIX E COBIT 3–Executive Summary. APPENDIX F COBIT 4–Executive Summary. INDEX.