SOX Body of Knowledge

The SOX Body of Knowledge (SOXBOK) is a knowledge initiative launched by the SOX Institute. It is an ongoing project aimed at building up a world class body of knowledge on corporate compliance best practices.

Currently, the SOXBOK consists of the following for purchase:

1. SOX Guidebooks RRP US$50
   Sanjay Anand: SOX Guide for IT Professionals (for Information Technology professionals)
   RRP US$45 ISBN:0-471-78553-9
   
   “This edited collection by Sanjay Anand, the Chairperson of SOX Institute is a widely regarded to be the most comprehensive guide for IT and finance professionals to comply with SOX. It provides key aspects and components of the Act; shows how to assess if a company is SOX compliant; provides a road map to compliance including checklists, worksheets, and project plans; and shows the business and technology implications and resource requirements for compliance. This new edition also includes more details on COSO and COBIT.”
   
   
   ISACA/ITGI: Information Technology Control Objectives (COBIT) for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)
   RRP US$5
   
   
   “This document by ISACA sets out the IT control objectives that might be considered for assessing internal controls, as required by the SOX Act. This is a practical guide for IT rollout in organizations. The appendices of this document provide control examples that link PCAOB principles, including their relationship to internal control over financial reporting. To support implementation and assessment activities, illustrative control activities and tests of controls are provided in the appendices.”
   
   
   
2. Michael Ramos: The Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Implementation Toolkit: Practice Aids for Managers and Auditors with CD ROM
   RRP US$75 ISBN:0-471-71225-6
   
   ”The first book to provide detailed implementation practice aids for Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance, The Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Implementation Toolkit is packed with work programs, audit checklists, and examples that readers can tailor to meet their own unique needs. Featuring a useful CD-ROM that contains all of the tools from the book, this timely workbook includes best practices that will benefit anyone who
   participates in the planning or performance of the effectiveness of internal control.
   
   A must-read for all CFOs, internal auditors, CPA firms, and independent auditors involved in the compliance process, The Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Implementation Toolkit embraces the common approaches and methodologies that have proven successful in the new world of Sarbanes-Oxley internal control testing and reporting.”
3. 
   How to Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404: Assessing the Effectiveness of Internal Control by Michael J. Ramos
   RRP US$70 ISBN:0-471-74066-7
   
   “In his Second Edition of How to Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404, Michael Ramos incorporates new developments and lessons learned in the last two years into the definitive guide on SOX 404 implementation . . . An effective tool not just for consultants, this book is THE reference guide for every corporate manager facing SOX 404 implementation.”
4. Anthony Tarantino : Manager’s Guide to Compliance : Sarbanes-
   Oxley, COSO, ERM, COBIT, IFRS, BASEL II, OMB A-123, ASX 10, OECD Principles, Turnbull Guidance, Best Practices, and Case Studies
   RRP US$50 ISBN:0-471-79257-8
   
   “This timely resource consolidates critical compliance guidance in an easy-to-access format, placing U.S. and global regulatory information at your fi ngertips. Adding value beyond a reference, Dr. Tarantino includes best practice tools and real-world case studies so managers can see how compliance can be achieved at maximum value to their organization.”
5. 
   Scott Green: Manager’s Guide to the SOX Act (for Finance and Accounting professionals)
   RRP US$50 ISBN:0-471-56975-5
   
   “Designed to be a cure for the Sarbanes-Oxley headache and common fraud,Scott Green’s 'Manager’s Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act' introduces the groundbreaking and practical 'Control Smart' approach that not only meets the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley, but also alerts you if operational controls stop working or are otherwise compromised.”
6. Robert Moeller: SOX and the New Internal Auditing Rules (for Internal Audit professionals)
   RRP US$55 ISBN:0-471-48306-0
   
   “Robert Moeller’s 'Sarbanes-Oxley and the New Internal Auditing Rules' thoroughly and clearly explains how the SOX Act impacts auditors, and how internal auditing can help with its requirements, such as launching an ethics and whistle-blower program or performing effective internal controls reviews under the COSO framework. With ample coverage of emerging rules that have yet to be issued and other matters subject to change, this book outlines fundamental blueprints of the new rules, technological developments, and evolving trends that impact internal audit professionals. This is a definitive must read for finance and audit professionals.”

SOXBOK is separately purchaseable and is highly recommended for the programme. Some titles will be given FREE when you register for all SOX Professional Practitioners' Modules.