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Authors

Christine Dunn

Abstract

Companies trying to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are finding that one of the toughest—and yet most essential—areas for establishing controls over internal processes and procedures isn't even required under the law: spreadsheets.

Sample

Five high-level steps to implementing spreadsheet control:

  • Inventory spreadsheets.
  • Evaluate their use, complexity.
  • Determine necessary level of controls.
  • Evaluate existing controls.
  • Develop remediating plan.

Publication

2006, Compliance Week, June

Full article

Spreadsheet controls, without going crazy