Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Using COBIT and Open Source Tools

This book illustrates the many Open Source cost savings opportunities available to companies seeking Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. It also provides examples of the Open Source infrastructure components that can and should be made compliant. In addition, the book clearly documents which Open Source tools you should consider using in the journey towards compliance. Although many books and reference material have been authored on the financial and business side of Sox compliance, very little material is available that directly address the information technology considerations, even less so on how Open Source fits into that discussion.

Each chapter begins with an analysis of the business and technical ramifications of Sarbanes-Oxley as regards to topics covered before moving into the detailed instructions on the use of the various Open Source applications and tools relating to the compliance objectives.

• Shows companies how to use Open Source tools to achieve SOX compliance, which dramatically lowers the cost of using proprietary, commercial applications
• Only SOX compliance book specifically detailing steps to achieve SOX compliance for IT Professionals

Auteur

Christian Lahti is a computer services consultant and an expert in security. He is a regular speaker at industry shows such as LinuxWorld and OSCON. He is the technical editor of Windows to Linux Migration Toolkit (Syngress, ISBN: 1931836396).

Contenu

Chapter 1: Overview: The Goals of This Book

Chapter 2: SOX and COBIT Defined

Chapter 3: The Cost of Compliance

Chapter 4: Why Open Source?

Chapter 5: Domain I: Planning and Organization

Chapter 6: Domain II: Acquisition and Implementation

Chapter 7: Domain III: Delivery and Support

Chapter 8: Domain IV: Monitoring

Chapter 9: Putting It All Together

Appendix A: COBIT Control Objectives

Appendix B: KNOPPIX Live CD Parameters

Appendix C: The GNU General Public License

Appendix D: CD Contents at a Glance

Index