Sarbanes-Oxley SOX Certification

Sarbanes Oxley SOX Certification - Benefits

Sarbanes Oxley SOX Certification Program is offered in partnership with the prestigious Sarbanes-Oxley Institute – the only global provider of Sarbanes-Oxley professional certifications. This rigorous course is based on actual projects and uses real-world training methodology. Once you’re certified, you’ll possess the in-depth knowledge and hands-on skills you need to protect your company – and take your career to the next level.

Individuals:

• Learn practical Sarbanes-Oxley skills you can use on the job.
• Gain access to a wide range of SOX-related experts and instructors.
• Increase your effectiveness on the job in days, instead of months.

Companies

• SOX-certified employees will help elevate and secure your company’s accounting and business methods.
• Knowledgeable employees help create a compliant and more ethical organization.
• Customers see great value in certification - they want the people on their engagement to have the best skills, and certification provides that proof point.

Human Resources:

• Employer-funded training and certification programs are a key to retaining skilled staff. Career development and advancement opportunities are shown to significantly reduce rates of employee turnover.
• Certification Training Programs provide benchmarks for hiring and promotion decisions by accurately assessing technical skills.
• For-certification training programs maximize educational investments through immediate validation of skills.

Firebrand Training provides instruction to meet every learning need, including:

• Intensive group instruction
• One-on-one instruction attention
• Hands-on labs
• Lab partner and group exercises
• Question and answer drills
• Friendly competitions between concurrently running classes
• Independent study
• Self-testing

Sarbanes Oxley SOX Certification - Curriculum

Our award winning four-day Sarbanes Oxley SOX Certification is the most effective, efficient way for professionals to prepare for and pass the CSOX examination. Students who successfully complete the Sarbanes-Oxley Training and Certification Program will possess the knowledge and skills required to ensure SOX compliance within specific functions of an organization.

Course Materials:

While attending this blended-learning program, you will receive a robust set of course materials that caters to each of the three primary individual learning-intake styles (auditory, visual, and kinaesthetic-tactual) – critical for a successful accelerated learning experience.

In addition to daily lectures, labs and review sessions, the course will cover the following materials, in depth. You will receive a complimentary copy of each:

• The Sarbanes-Oxley Guide for Finance and Information Technology Professionals by Sanjay Anand (a $50 value) This edited collection by Sanjay Anand, the Chairperson of SOX Institute, is widely regarded to be the most comprehensive SOX compliance guide for IT and finance professionals. Within its pages, you’ll find:
  • Key aspects and components of the SOX Act
  • Valuable information on how to assess a company’s SOX compliancy
  • A “roadmap” to compliance, including checklists, worksheets and project plans
  • Business and technology implications and resource requirements for compliance
• ISACA/ITGI: Information Technology Control Objectives (COBIT) for Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX). 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 Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Implementation Toolkit: Practice Aids for Managers and Auditors by Michael Ramos (a $75 value – includes CD ROM). This is the first book to provide detailed implementation practice aids for Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance. It’s filled with work programs, audit checklists and examples that you can tailor to meet your own needs. A useful CD ROM is included, and contains all of the tools from the book.

Firebrand Training has an aggressive educational schedule that thoroughly covers all essential elements critical to an effective Project Management Professional:

Day 1

• Lesson Objectives
• History and Impact of SOX
• Events leading up to the Act
• Key Components of the Act
• The role of the SEC and PCAOB
• Consequences for business
• SOX and Other Regulations
• Critical Sections of SOX Act including 302, 404, 409, 806, 301
• CEO/CFO Disclosure, Certification
• Internal Controls, Assertions, Risk
• Frameworks and Methodologies
• COSO, COBIT, ISO 17799, ITIL
• SOX for Foreign Issuers, SAS 70
• Entire SOX Compliance Roadmap

Day 2

• Review of Day One
• Revisit SOX Compliance Roadmap
• Entity- and Process-level Controls
• Application & IT General Controls
• Designing, Documenting Controls
• Primary and Secondary Controls
• Preventive and Detective Controls
• Deficiencies and Weaknesses
• Identify, isolate and remediate
• Develop and Execute Test Plans
• Case-Study Discussion
• Breakout into Workshop Groups
• Conduct Case-Study Exercise
• Present Case-Study Exercise

Day 3

• Review of Day Two
• Revisit SOX Compliance Roadmap
• Understanding Project Management and SOX Implementation
• Understanding the SOXA Methodology
• Breakout into Workshop Groups
• Conduct Case-Study Exercise
• Present Case-Study Exercise

Day 4

• Interactive CSOX Exam-Objective Reinforcement
• CSOX Exam Delivery

Daily Educational Schedule

Our daily schedule incorporates different modes of instruction and learning environments to ensure that students learn, retain, comprehend, and can apply knowledge critical to the course.

Start Time	End Time	Activity	Intake Style
8:15 am	9:00 am	Breakfast	-
9:00 am	1:00 pm	Lecture	auditory/visual
1:00 pm	1:30 pm	Lunch	-
1:30 pm	5:30 pm	Instructor-led labs	kinaesthetic
5:30 pm	7:00 pm	Dinner	-
7:00 pm	8:00 pm	Review session	Auditory/visual/kinaesthetic
8:00 pm	9:00 pm	Breakout sessions	Auditory/visual/kinaesthetic
9:00 pm	as appropriate	Lab review sessions	kinaesthetic

Daily timetable shown for illustration purposes only. Significant changes may be made to the schedule on a daily basis to ensure that the goals of the course are met.

Sarbanes Oxley SOX Certification - Exam Track

The CSOX credential is the only globally recognized professional examination certification in Sarbanes-Oxley. The SOX Program provides two levels of Sarbanes-Oxley professional examination certifications:

SOXBase (CSOX) is an entry-level examination certification that requires you to pass a qualifying test to determine your factual proficiency in the fundamental tenets of SOX, as covered in the program.

We will prepare you for your choice of the the following exam tracks:

• Finance and Legal (CSOX-FL)
• Auditing and Accounting (CSOX-IA)
• IT and Information Security (CSOX-IT)
• Enterprise Risk Management (CSOX-RM)
  

One of these exams coupled with attending our authorized course certifies you at the SOX Base-level, which is a prerequisite to obtaining the industry recognized SOX Pro-level (SOX Professional).

SOXPro (CSOXP) is a more advanced level that requires you to demonstrate substantial experience in SOX, and certifies you at the Pro-level (SOX Professional)

For each exam, Subsequent Annual Maintenance requires a minimum of 12 hours of Sarbanes-Oxley related CPEs or PDUs.

Sarbanes Oxley SOX Certification - What's Included

Firebrand Training offers the highest quality technical education and certification training in an all-inclusive Sarbanes Oxley SOX Certification course package specifically designed for the needs and ease of our students. We attend to every detail so our students can focus solely on learning and certification objectives.

Our Sarbanes Oxley SOX Certification includes

• Intensive Hands-on Training Utilising our (Lecture | Lab | Review) Delivery
• Comprehensive Sarbanes Oxley SOX Certification Study Materials and Pre-Class Mentoring, Program Courseware, and Self-Testing Software
• Four (4) Days of Hotel Accommodation
• All Meals; Unlimited Beverages, Snacks and Freshly-brewed Coffee
• Transportation to/from designated local railway stations
• CCNA Examination Passing Policy

Our Sarbanes Oxley SOX Certification instructors teach to accommodate every student’s learning needs through personal instruction and group exercises, independent study, self-testing, question and answer drills, and friendly competitions between concurrently running classes.

Firebrand Training has dedicated, well-equipped educational facilities where you will attend instruction and labs and have access to comfortable study rooms. Our students consistently say our facilities are second-to-none.

Examination Passing Policy

Should a student complete a Firebrand Training Sarbanes Oxley SOX Certification Program without having successfully passed all vendor examinations, the student may re-attend that program for a period of one year.  Students will only be responsible for accommodation and vendor Sarbanes Oxley SOX Certification exam fees.

Sarbanes Oxley SOX Certification - Prerequisites

Firebrand Training enrollment advisors interview all potential students regarding their work experience, degrees and certifications held, and personal fortitude. This screening process ensures a successful match between the customer and accelerated certification training.

To obtain the SOXPro (CSOXP) certification, a candidate must have the following prerequisites:

• SOXBase-level certification. There is no additional exam
• 1200 hours of Sarbanes-Oxley experience in the prior year

When you register for CSOXP®, you're asked to complete a questionnaire about your SOX-related work history. Please have locations, dates, and number of hours ready.

For more information on Sarbanes Oxley SOX Certification, contact the Sales and Enrolment Department on 0844 888 1600.

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Sarbanes Oxley SOX Certification - Course Dates

Start	End	Availability	Register
7/4/2008	10/4/2008	Finished
12/5/2008	15/5/2008	Running
23/6/2008	26/6/2008	Waitlist