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Strayer University
Assignment 7: Designing SOX Technical Safeguards for a Publicly Traded
Corporation
CIS 349 – Information Technology Audit and Control
Assignment 7: Designing SOX Technical Safeguards for a Publicly Traded
Corporation
Imagine you are an Information Security consultant for a publicly traded corporation. The
corporation must comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). Write a three to five-page paper
in which you:
1. Analyze proper physical access control safeguards for the corporation's financial data
and provide recommendations for securing financial records.
2. Recommend the proper audit controls to be employed to monitor financial transactions
and access to financial data.
3. Suggest three logical access control methods to restrict unauthorized access to financial
records, and explain why you suggested each method.
4. Analyze how financial data is transmitted within the corporation's network and identify
techniques that may be used to provide data transmission security safeguards.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all
sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s
name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Describe the role of information systems security (ISS) compliance and its relationship to
U.S. compliance laws.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in security strategy and
policy formation.
Write clearly and concisely about topics related to information technology audit and
control using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.
Click to view the grading rubric.here
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and
language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
Points: 50 Assignment 7: Designing SOX Technical Safeguards for a Publicly Traded Corporation
Criteria Unacceptable
Below 60% F
Meets Minimum
Expectations
60-69% D
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplar
90-100%
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