ALSO CALLED: SOX Compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Section 404, Section 404, Sarbanes Oxley, and Sarbanes-Oxley DEFINITION: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (often shortened to SOX) is legislation enacted in response to the high-profile
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Databases remain vulnerable to data theft, breach and attack from insiders and hackers alike, while regualtory compliance, e.g. for Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI DSS and HIPAA, demands improved database security and monitoring privileged user activity.
SARBANES-OXLEY COMPLIANCE DEFINITION (continued): Enron and WorldCom financial scandals to protect shareholders and the general public from accounting errors and fraudulent practices in the enterprise. The act is administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which sets deadlines for compliance and publishes rules on requirements. Sarbanes-Oxley is not a set of business practices and does not specify how a business should store records; rather, it defines which records are to be stored and for how long. The legislation not only affects Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance definition sponsored by SearchCIO.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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