The Sarbanes-Oxley Act affects everyone in the finance or IT departments of publicly traded or pre-IPO companies who must spend much time and money figuring out how to comply. This book/CD-ROM package is not intended as a how-to manual for passing audits, but it does integrate information about the Act so that technical folks have an idea of the big picture. Coverage includes how to interface with auditors and deploy COBITstandards to streamline and control compliance systems. Coverage includes reasons to use open source tools and how to plan and organize a strategy, acquire requisite applications and implement the plan, and deliver, support, and monitor progress. The included "live" CD contains a self-contained version of Linux and the open-source software discussed in the text. Distributed in the US by O'Reilly.