Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance and Internal Control for Small and Medium Businesses

Despite extensions by the SEC and attempts at simplifying compliance guidelines for SMBS, the SEC has finally concluded that SMBs will not be exempted from meeting SOX's Section 404 compliance requirements. SMBs now face a major challenge because they lack the level of resources that their large counterparts had to achieve compliance and have limited time left for compliance. The problem with waiting is that if controls are not in place at the beginning of the year, adverse Section 404 reports are highly likely. SMBs need to address the compliance without further delay.

This webinar offers an overall view of SOX for SMBs and strategies and approaches to help SMBs meet compliance to SOX and provide a basis for future improvements in governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC).

Areas Covered in the seminar :

• Fundamental aspects of Sarbanes-Oxley - SMBs are not exempt from compliance
• Final pronouncement from the SEC regarding SOX compliance for SMBs
• The challenge SMBs face to achieve cost-effective compliance to SOX and remediate internal controls with limited resources
• The need to resort to sound strategies to maximize compliance and governance under limited resource conditions
• Practical strategies and approaches to develop sound internal control for business processes and IT supporting infrastructure
• Need for internal control and governance in three major segments

Who Will Benefit :
This webinar will provide valuable knowledge on what SMBs should consider when approaching Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and governance issues given their resource and time constraints. It will benefit:

• CEOs, Board members and Audit or Corporate Governance Committee Members
• CFOs, Controllers and Accounting professionals
• CIOs, CTOs, IT professionals, quality assurance specialists
• Compliance Officers
• Legal Counsel, Human Resources and Public Relations
• Internal and external Auditors
• Any line manager or employee responsible for developing and deploying compliance
• Consultants and internal control advisors
• Compliance specialists
• Compliance and governance product vendors