Writing and Enforcing Effective SOPs: Avoid Regulatory Action and Improve Efficiency

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 CST

2008-05-21 None
Sign up to learn:

* How to develop an effective SOP, including five tips to help you write clear, effective instructions
* How to set up your SOP writing process so you know who's responsible for what and how often to review and update your procedures
* What level of detail is appropriate when drafting an SOP
* The best ways to include those who are involved in SOP development, as well as the right and wrong ways to gather procedure information
* How to conduct effective SOP training and motivate your staff
* Steps for monitoring and auditing SOP compliance
* Exactly what documents may be considered SOPs
* How to avoid common SOP problems, such as including too much or too little detail, or writing an SOP that's outside your process or inconsistent with your technology

Corporate Governance Through Optimisation Of Security

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 CST

2008-06-05 Vinopolis, Bank End, London
With the introduction of tighter governance measures such as data protection, corporate manslaughter, SOX and critical infrastructure businesses now have a greater duty of care towards their people, assets and data.

This half day afternoon seminar will give you a thorough overview of the security challenges that businesses like yours face. You will learn how to harness technology, converge physical and logical security, as well as how to:

Implement audits and risk assessments
Develop security policies and strategies
Optimise current resources and investment
Implement integrated electronic security solutions
Benefit from the latest security technology

There will be presentations from Prof. Martin Gill, Perpetuity Group, IBM, Imprivata and a case study from Air Products. Honeywell will also be demonstrating their full suite of integrated electronic security solutions.

Ohio Government Seminar: Effective Enterprise Risk Management Seminar

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 CST

2012-04-07 Columbus, OH
Join us at this exclusive event as we discuss best practices, processes and a customer case study surrounding the Ohio state compliance regulations and how Symantecs Control Compliance Suite can help your organization.

Security Testing: The Easiest Part of PCI Certification

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 CST

2008-09-06 None
With PCI deadlines looming, youve likely been flooded with info about what you need to do to comply. While its hard not to get mired in the details, a common theme runs throughout the PCI Standard: You must regularly test your data security defenses and policies. In fact, over 20 PCI mandates either explicitly call for testing or require you to ensure that security measures are effective.
Join Core Security for a free webcast to learn about one of the easiest things you can do to comply with and validate multiple PCI requirements:

Seminars To Offer Insight and Guidance into Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 CST

2008-09-17 Forsgate Country Club, Monroe, NJ
The seminars will offer CEOs, Board and Audit Committee members, CFOs and Controllers, Directors of Internal Audit, CIOs and IT managers advice on how to prepare a tailored plan of action to achieve SOX 404 compliance using a top-down risk-based strategy. Issues to be covered during the presentations include:

Understanding the new developments of the SEC and PCAOBs new auditing standard, known as AS5.

Auditor expectations and how to gain their confidence.

IT Controls and technology aids to compliance.

Best practices in corporate governance.

Financial reporting and achieving cost-effective compliance.

The firms Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Thomas A. Basilo along with Executive Vice Presidents Ray Broek and Sumit Pal will be featured presenters. The event will also feature Roland Mosimann, President & Co-Founder of BI International.

SOX Essentials for Small Public Companies

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 CST

2008-08-28 None
Sarbanes Oxley Compliance is wreaking havoc on small business budgets. The overwhelming costs of SOX make it difficult for small companies to compete in a global marketplace. The SEC estimates that public companies are spending as much as $1.2 billion collectively per year to comply. As a result of those costs, smaller companies are seeing their profits shrink, which damages their stock price and puts them at risk.

In this presentation, Bob Benoit, President and Director of SOX Research, Lord & Benoit, LLC will look at the challenges and best practices of SOX compliance.

What will be covered?

Current regulatory environment ,Components of Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404, IT on Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 compliance, Components of a SOX IT assessment, Effective remediation plans and follow through
The webinar will also cover the features and benefits of the cost effective MetricStream solution for SOX implementation.

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Writing and Enforcing Effective SOPs: Avoid Regulatory Action and Improve Efficiency

Corporate Governance Through Optimisation Of Security

Ohio Government Seminar: Effective Enterprise Risk Management Seminar

Security Testing: The Easiest Part of PCI Certification

Seminars To Offer Insight and Guidance into Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

SOX Essentials for Small Public Companies