I received a Google Alert this morning with a link to a great resource site:  SOXResource.com.

This site offers an incredible amount of information on remaining SOX compliant as well as other SOX related resources, such a as jobs in SOX.

I won't regurgitate all of the website's info on here, this post is more about informing you of this great resource.  I'll let you hunt around on it yourself, but here are some quick links to key parts of the site below:

• Sarbanes Oxley Books
• Sarbanes Oxley Certification
• Sarbanes Oxley Jobs
• Sarbanes Oxley News

You can follow their updates on Twitter by clicking here.

A Three-Day Training Conference exploring best practices for proactive electronic records management, information assurance and litigation readiness.
E-Discovery, Records Management, and Information Governance for Defense and Federal Agencies

June 7-9, 2010 | Washington, DC

In 2006, the US Supreme Court updated the US Federal Rules for Civil Procedure (FRCP), clarifying how Federal agencies and other organizations must manage electronically stored information (ESI). eDiscovery Readiness for Government is a conference designed to provide Federal agencies a platform to discuss FRCP compliance issues and some of the best practices to overcome these issues.

Confirmed list of speakers include:

• The Honorable John M. Facciola, US Magistrate Judge, US District Court, District of Columbia
• David C. Shonka, Principal Deputy General Counsel, Federal Trade Commission
• Catherine Teti, Managing Director for Knowledge Services, Chief Agency Privacy Officer, Government Accountability Office (GAO)
• Jason R. Baron, Director of Litigation, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
• Miriam Nisbet, Director, Office of Government Information Services (OGIS), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
• Larry Creech, Program Manager, Information Catalog Program, Corporate Information Security, Information Technology, US Postal Service (USPS)

EDiscovery Readiness 2010 Topics...

• Building a Foundation for proactive Records Management and eDiscovery Readiness
• Leveraging FOIA, Privacy And Transparency/Open Government Resources To Strengthen eDiscovery Readiness
• Automated Records Management Information Systems
• Department of Defense Discovery Metadata Specification (DDMS)
• Records Management Application (RMA) Software
• Preparing for the Electronic Tsunami - Web 2.0, social networking and other new technologies
• Computer Forensics/Cyber-Forensics
• Risk Management
• Information Security
• Regulations, DoD 5015.2, Cohen Act and eGov Act of 2002

Key Learning Objectives...

• Develop a holistic approach to eDiscovery Readiness: People, culture, language, governance, policy
• Simplify and streamline life-cycle records management
• Create, maintain, and preserve electronic records to provide the information necessary to protect the legal and financial rights of the US Government
• Use the most economical, efficient, and reliable means for creation, retrieval, maintenance, preservation, and disposition of records in any media
• Ensure proper training of all personnel that create and use records to ensure compliance
• Understand NARA regulations on digital records management
• Improve the methods by which government ESI is organized, preserved, and made accessible to the public
• Enhance communication between the General Counsel, Records Management and CIO offices
• Understand litigation requirements and the need for consistent information governance processes

For more information and to register, click here.

By: Brett Tarr, eMag Solutions

Organizational risks are threats, negative effects or problems that can occur as a result of an event or an action within a company. During turbulent economic times, organizations need to be especially vigilant to minimize potential risks that could ultimately affect the bottom line or shareholder ROI.

Organizational risk can include many types of risk (e.g., investment risk, budgetary risk, program management risk, legal liability risk, safety risk, inventory risk, and the risk from information systems).

Managing organizational risk is not an exact science. It brings together the best collective judgments of the individuals responsible for the strategic planning and day-to-day operations of organizations to provide adequate security and risk mitigation.

There are two main categories of risk: internal and external. Internal risks can result either from processes or from the management of information, while external risks result from changes in the environment of the company (political, economic, technological, sociological changes) that can exercise a negative influence on the objectives and the strategies of the company.

Managing Organizational Risk

Managing organizational risk in tough times means taking a holistic view. This requires an integrated cross-departmental framework of controls, checks and balances. Key examples of issues facing organizations that impact corporate risk include fraud, new technology implementation, and the advent of global markets.

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