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The need to adhere to Corporate Compliancy is a really big issue after the big Enron case in the USA. So much that big corporations are spending millions of dollars and time just to catch up with it. There's a great post at Express Computer that talks about how Indian companies are trying to achieve that goal.


The simple fact is that most companies are still unsure about how to comply with the various sections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. While deadlines for Section 404 compliance may vary, time is running short for public companies and their executives to ensure the effectiveness of internal controls.

Compliance to regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley and the European Privacy Directives doesn't have to be expensive and disruptive. Here's some articles that deals with and provides tips for using Identity Management to achieve the end goal of compliancy.

Is your company on its way to reaching SOX Compliancy ? It better be well prepared if it wants to stay traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

1. Deploying Identity-Related Compliance: Best Practices
Domestic and international regulations mandate business outcomes that most organizations have pursued all along: improved efficiency, protection of confidential information, integrity of financial information, protection against fraud, etc. Now that organizations have painstakingly gone through their first round of compliance activities, they are searching for ways to improve the timeliness and cost-effectiveness of their audit and compliance processes. This paper is directed to these organizations, and describes best practices that remove the hindrances of attaining the benefits that identity-related compliance provides.