Addressing Sarbanes Oxley Challenges

Planning a new Sarbanes-Oxley solution and integrating with existing financial systems and controls.

Mapping a Sarbanes-Oxley solution to the COSO framework or another accepted methodology.

Training users to get up-to-speed quickly on new processes and technologies.

Users can easily initiative a wide range of automated workflows directly from Microsoft Office Word or Microsoft Office Excel® including: reviews, approvals, requests for digital signatures, feedback, etc.

Administrators can track each workflow (such as approvals and edits) and monitor how it’s performing overall, as well as drill down into specific instances of a workflow.

Content Types allow administrators and compliance managers to pre-define templates so that all new documents of a given type automatically have appropriate workflow, resulting actions, expiration, and other policies already built-in to the document.

Content Types also make it easier to apply standard control frameworks such as The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) framework.

Microsoft Office Visio automates SOX process planning by synchronizing directly with data sources to provide up-to-date diagrams.

Information Rights Management policies can be applied to both individual documents and entire libraries, making it easier to get consistent use of IRM across a set of documents without creating extra work for individual users.

Excel Services provide browser-based access to spreadsheets, enabling users to maintain and efficiently share one central and up-to-date version while helping to protect any proprietary information embedded in the documents (such as financial models).

A Records Repository facilitates secure document management processes, including content collection (such as spreadsheets, documents, and e-mail), consistent policy enforcement, item retention and holds in response to external events, and content expiration.

New, XML-based file formats for Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint® allow Office documents to easily integrate with existing and future line-of-business systems.

Office XML Formats using ZIP compression technology take up far less space than the previous formats and allow for quicker transmission times and a smaller impact on storage.

The Office Customization Tool makes it easier to customize settings simply and efficiently by replacing the many wizards available in previous releases of Microsoft Office.

Roll out a Sarbanes-Oxley solution quickly, with minimal training, using familiar Microsoft products.

Maintain a low total cost of ownership by extending investments in existing Microsoft products.

Take advantage of a rich network of technology partners well-versed in Microsoft Office technologies.