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Featuring industry experts representing the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, Anexinet and MKS Inc.

EVENT AGENDA

Session Presenters:

John McLaughlin
of Smart & Associates LLP and representing the Information Systems and Audit Control Association and The Institute of Internal Auditors.

The Costs of Compliance: An IT Quagmire

John Parker, Anexinet
Regain Control of IT Compliance Costs Through Process Improvement

Jim Winder, MKS Inc.
Visibility, Productivity and Compliance - The Benefits of Process Automation

Almost three years after the first filings for Sarbanes-Oxley, the costs of compliance continue to be intolerable for most organizations. Industry estimates after year one suggested that costs would decrease by 40% in the subsequent year. The results however, have been much less acceptable.

Must compliance continue to be a burden, or are there ways to reap additional business benefit?

This session will explore the primary areas of audit concern with a specific emphasis on general IT controls. Presentations by industry experts will review the control areas that are leading to "significant deficiencies" and answer some of your most pressing questions, such as:

What IT controls are most relative to the reliability of disclosures and financial reporting?
If IT controls are consistently listed as a "significant deficiency" in our audits, how concerned should we be, and what can we do most immediately to make improvements?
Are frameworks like COBIT and ITIL a necessary part of a compliance effort? What are the benefits to be expected from adopting such models?
When looking to reduce compliance costs, which are the key areas to focus on? What improvement areas should give us the greatest payback in the least amount of time?
What IT controls and process areas can be automated? Are there tools available that can help us achieve compliance and drive productivity enhancements?

The session will explore strategies for improving IT controls and reducing compliance costs through process maturity and automation. Learn how through a practical approach, companies like yours can systematize the compliance effort and also achieve real business gains.

To register now, visit http://www.mks.com/go/sustainingcompliance

For more information contact David McMullin
at 610-355-9544 or dmcmulli@mks.com.