February 5, 2007

Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404: Report Testing Methodology

An important part of complying with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Section 404 is ensuring the completeness and accuracy of system reports. This presentation serves as a guide to train SOX project teams in testing reports that are used during the financial reporting process. Note: Testing individual reports is a relatively inefficient manual process and should only be used if General Computer Controls and/or End User Computing Controls do not provide adequate assurance over reports.