The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: A Deep Dive

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: A Deep Dive
Outcomes addressed in this activity:
Unit Outcomes:
Define cyber security standards and regulations in several industries.
Discuss the historical evolution of cyber security standards and regulations in several industries.
Analyze the compliance criteria for several industry cyber security standards and regulations.
Course Outcome
IT591-2: Assess cyber security industry standards, compliance, regulations, and laws.
Purpose
Regulatory standards are complex. Doing a deep-dive into one of those standards, Sarbanes-Oxley, will allow the student to learn how to read a standard thoroughly and what elements of the standard are important, as well as how to locate those elements within the written standard. Students are also given the opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of a standard, providing supporting examples.
Assignment Use the materials from your reading, particularly the material specific to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Research the Internet to provide the required responses.
Consider the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Provide an in-depth discussion and analysis of this act that includes:
Explain the events that led to this legislation (provide two examples).
Explain the goals that the legislation seeks to achieve.
Provide an overview on IT’s role in achieving compliance.
Explain how audits and assessments help achieve or measure compliance.
Elaborate on the consequences of non-compliance for companies to which this legislation applies (provide at least 2 examples).
Do you feel that this act is achieving the goal that the legislators sought to accomplish? Why or why not? (Provide examples to support your opinion)
What do you perceive as an organization’s biggest challenge in complying with Sarbanes-Oxley?
Conclusion
Assignment Requirements
4-5 pages of content (exclusive of cover sheet and references page), using Times New Roman font style, 12pt, double-spaced, using correct APA formatting, and include a cover sheet, table of contents, abstract, and reference page(s)
At least 1 credible source cited and referenced
No more than 1 table or figure
No spelling errors
No grammar errors
No APA errors
For more information and examples of APA formatting, refer to the resources in the Academic Tools area in this course.
Also review the Policy on Plagiarism. If you have any questions, please contact your professor.
Directions for Submitting Your Assignment
Name your Assignment document according to this convention: YourLastName_IT591_Unit2. Submit your completed Assignment to the Unit 2 Dropbox by the deadline.
Review the rubric before beginning this activity.

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