Ecora President Speaks on Achieving and Sustaining SOX Compliance

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Ecora's Mike Sullivan will be speaking today as part of a Knowledge Congress teleconference covering new guidance around Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, particularly centering on internal controls.

The teleconference will be hosted by Toby Lucich, publisher of Inside Sarbanes Oxley. Others participating include Keith Wilson, CPA, PCAOB Associate Chief Auditor, Tobias L. Knapp, partner with Jenner & Block, David Hardesty, Vice President of WIlson Markle Stuckey Hardesty & Bott, and John Fodera, partner with Eisner Accountants and Advisors.

Here are more details related to the event:

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Ecora today announced that President and CFO Mike Sullivan will be speaking at the upcoming Knowledge Congress on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. EDT.
Mr. Sullivan’s presentation will focus on meshing your IT department and business with SOX compliance, while maintaining productivity. To register to attend, please visit: http://www.knowledgecongress.org/event_2008_SOX.html.

What you will learn:

Understanding the state of your current controls versus your approved internal controls
How to begin identifying and remediating gaps
Prioritizing your gaps by the level of risk they represent
The steps to consistently sustaining an acceptable state of compliance
Using Section 404 compliance to help comply with other internal and external regulatory standards
Leveraging what you’ve learned from Section 404 to make your IT infrastructure more effective at delivering business services and increasing profitability
Multimedia:

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About Ecora Software

Ecora Software is the market-proven leader for Configuration Audit and Compliance Reporting solutions that allow a proactive view of the IT infrastructure and deliver actionable evidence ensuring critical business services remain operationally effective, secure, and compliant with internal standards and external regulations. Auditor Professional™ offers immediate value with its agentless architecture matched with rich report templates and pre-defined policies providing the foundation for effective change and configuration management. Please visit us at www.ecora.com.



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Mark Tordoff has been a part of the marketing team at Ecora for more than two years. Much of his focus is spent researching and interpreting regulatory compliance laws like Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm Leach Bliley, and more recently the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. For more information visit www.ecorablog.com.

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