Customer Reviews

The Sarbanes-oxley Guide For Finance And Information Technology Professionals: By Sarbanes-oxley Group Llc

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I have purchased several books on SOX in the last few months (this book, Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Implementation Toolkit (Ramos), How to Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 and Information Technology Control and Audit.)

If you wish a well written overview of SOX which includes the key aspects and components -- this is a good book. This book will also provide a few basic checklists and worksheets. However, if you are looking for a comprehensive road map for your project, this book will not meet your needs.

Unfortunately, this book, like many of the others simply does not provide the level of detail required to get your project going.

Additionally, the book is poorly constructed. The book fell apart (literally, the pages falling out) before I made it to page 24. Since I read through the entire book in about 2 hours, I can honestly say that it was not due to misuse.

The book written by Sanjay Anand succinctly and clearly outlines the requirements of the SOX regulations. The specific duties and responsibilities of each function within an organization are outlined in detail that is easy to follow. The checklist approach facilitates compliance. The technology compliance elements detailed in the book make this book relevant for the technology professional as well as the compliance professional. The organization of the book guides the users experience through this complex regulation. I would recommend the book to individuals with the responsibility for SOX compliance in all enterprises.

I used this book as a reference for a term paper I'm writing. This was the best source I had--exactly what I needed!

An amazing blend of theory and practice, this book is ideal for both beginners as well as experts. For beginners it serves as a great intro to SOX. For experts it reinforces key points about SOX, and also provides frameworks and checklists to validate their SOX work against. I highly recommend getting it. You can't go wrong with this book. If there is only one concern that I have with it is that there are some language issues in the technical portion, but that is easily forgivable considering that it was a team effort and sometimes it is hard to get that consistency across the entire book. Other than that, I give it 5-stars!

For a newbie - this is an ideal book.

Good to get you jumpstarted and the checklists are useful too!

though,could have used more detail in portions.. good effort - waiting for a next version!!

It has been brought to my attention that some of you have received an incorrectly typeset version of this book from the print-on-demand publisher. While the content is the same, I do apologize for any inconvenience that the printing issues may have caused you. Let me know how I can make it up to you. The next edition will be released by year-end. Sincerely, Sanjay.