Getting On Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance In Tough Times

March 2, 2009
By Johnnie Konstantas

Johnnie Konstantas Vice President of Marketing Varonis Systems

I.    Obstacles to achieving compliance in 2009
Most industry experts agree that the events of the last year will lead to more and stricter regulations. This is particularly bad news for resource strapped IT departments who are already challenged to meet current requirements. Most businesses find that the annual effort for SOX compliance drains resources and is highly disruptive to operations. Now, with budgets and headcounts tightening, IT departments don’t have the time or the people to devote to what they know is really required to meet SOX and other regulatory mandates: drafting and implementing sustainable GRC processes.

The good news is that necessity often begets invention, and technologies are now available to help or-ganizations automate some of the more labor intensive processes of GRC. Implementing them early in the year is a move that can help GRC practitioners get through this annual audit cycle, despite dimin-ished resources, and make subsequent audits easier and more efficient.

II. How data governance can help organizations with compliance initiatives
Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) is a broad reaching initiative that …

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