Compliance (Finance) White Papers

WHITE PAPER: The 11th book in our Straight Talk series helps executives understand the implications of IFRS and their role in addressing the associated changes. The publication also offers practical suggestions to help companies navigate through pressing issues and developing your own conversion road map.

Posted: 29 Jul 2009 | Published: 29 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: In this publication, we explore the technology implications associated with IFRS conversion and discuss: Evaluating the potential technology impact; how companies can prepare technology and systems changes related to IFRS adoption; Major differences between U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and IFRS and much more.

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 | Published: 28 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: Major data breaches have caused untold damage. These unfortunate events have led to the creation of a data security standard (PCI DSS) that all payment card industry members must comply to. This white paper helps to simplify and provide a deeper understanding of the PCI DSS v1.1 and discusses best practices to achieve PCI compliance.

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 | Published: 20 Feb 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the current state of regulatory compliance and the impact of non-compliance. It also addresses the current political environment and the shift in the compliance landscape and compliance enforcement for which organizations need to be prepared. Finally, it discusses some best practices that can be applied to streamline..

Posted: 06 Jul 2009 | Published: 10 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: What's arguably the single greatest barrier to the fast close has remained constant - the completion of the intercompany reconciliation process. This paper examines the issues behind intercompany reconciliation and outlines how companies can make impressive progress when they employ software solutions such as those from SAP Business Objects

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: The term "financial close" describes a corporation's ability to complete its accounting cycles and produce financial statements for internal management and external legal reporting. This paper identifies solutions to help organizations improve and sustain their close times and address the challenges associated with automating internal controls

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: Following on the heels of corporate scandals at Enron, WorldCom, and others, global investors are demanding stricter corporate governance and compliance requirements for publicly held companies. Read this whitepaper to learn more about the issues, principles, and technologies underlying new requirements in corporate governance.

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes HP Sarbanes-Oxley IT Assessment Accelerator, a template of pre-defined information based on ITGI's COBIT, which is loaded into HP Quality Center to help your organization define and execute Sarbanes-Oxley testing, evaluate the results, and develop remediation plans.

Posted: 29 Apr 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper details the background you need to build an effective compliance program by understanding benchmarks, the basic building blocks of compliance initiatives. You'll learn about the benchmarks specified by the Center for Internet Security (CIS), which are often used as a starting point for creating a compliance initiative.

Posted: 30 Mar 2009 | Published: 01 Jan 2009

WHITE PAPER: The challenges of complying with government, industry and internal regulations designed to protect data is becoming harder and more expensive to manage. This paper outlines the rules, looks at the main threats to security compliance and highlights how a well-defined strategy, backed up by powerful technology can provide the solution.

Posted: 20 Mar 2009 | Published: 01 Dec 2008

WHITE PAPER: Due to the financial meltdown in the mortgage-backed securities industry, new compliance requirements will be implemented. Read this paper to find out how organizations can ensure compliance with stricter regulations and manage risk appropriately so the business does not slip into non-compliance resulting in negative publicity or punitive fines.

Posted: 20 Feb 2009 | Published: 20 Feb 2009

WHITE PAPER: To successfully sustain compliance, organizations must implement best practices to ensure IT systems not only achieve a known and trusted state but they also maintain that state. Check out this white paper to learn how Tripwire solutions enable organizations to achieve and sustain SOX compliance.

Posted: 08 Jan 2009 | Published: 08 Jan 2008

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how, by adapting a managed approach to archiving and presenting customer statements, financial services organizations can satisfy regulatory, good governance, and legal requirements.

Posted: 24 Sep 2008 | Published: 24 Sep 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper written by Advent Software outlines how hedge funds can create a "culture of compliance" with best practice ideas for accurate record keeping and reporting, transparency in operations and, putting the interests of investors first.

Posted: 10 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2006

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper, written in conjunction with Ashland Partners, explains the steps to becoming Global Investment Performance Standards compliant.

Posted: 10 Jul 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2008

WHITE PAPER: The GlobalSCAPE HS-PCI solution provides a comprehensive mechanism to quickly bring your organization into compliance with key requirements.

Posted: 16 Apr 2008 | Published: 15 Apr 2008

WHITE PAPER: This paper reviews the main issues facing today's banks, as well as an approach to designing, implementing, managing and maintaining an effective data governance support structure - all while helping banks maintain compliance to government regulations.

Posted: 20 Jun 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007

WHITE PAPER: New whitepaper on GLBA - learn key steps for validating compliance with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the background of GLBA - what it is and who must adhere, and how senior management and IT departments must ensure that customer data is safeguarded.

Posted: 16 Jan 2007 | Published: 16 Jan 2007

WHITE PAPER: The drive to protect credit card data is vital, but many companies have yet to implement technologies and processes needed to address Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance. This white paper examines top reasons for PCI failure and how to avoid them.

Posted: 21 Nov 2006 | Published: 01 Jul 2006