The document discusses how the Microsoft Office System can help organizations address challenges in complying with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. It outlines key capabilities like document management, process automation, communication and collaboration, and monitoring and reporting. It also describes partner opportunities for system integrators and independent software vendors to build compliance solutions on top of the Office System platform.

1. Addressing Sarbanes-Oxley Challenges with the Microsoft Office System Gerald Walker Interactive America, Inc. [email_address]

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6. SOX in the Context of Compliance COMPLIANCE Sarbanes-Oxley Fiscal accountability for all public companies Basel II Capital assessment and reporting standards for global banking U.S. PATRIOT Act Customer documentation requirements in order to “know your customer ” DoD 5015.2 and UK PRO Federal standards of records management Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) NASD 3110 Written policies and procedures for review of correspondence with the public All records related to securities transactions to be maintained for 3 years Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA) Privacy of financial information Right to carry insurance between jobs; privacy of patient information SEC Rules 17a-3 & 17a-4

13. Does this Sound Familiar? “… documents are lost in e-mail.” “… how can I monitor status across the company?” “ If we had better visibility of our processes….” “… no time to learn new software.” “ We need one integrated system…” “ Is our financial data secure?”

17. Protect Investments by Establishing a Compliance Infrastructure Partner-Enabled solutions using Enhanced SOX Compliance Extensive Compliance Infrastructure Business Intelligence Document Lifecycle Management Document Rights Management Workflow Management Records Management E-Mail Compliance Archiving Business Analytics Collaboration and Information Management

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