Records Management Becoming More Important Due to Compliance Regulations
Hans Mercx - December 7, 2005

Introduction

Sarbanes Oxley. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountable Act (HIPAA). Enron. Arthur Andersen. These are some of the names that you hear these days when people talk about regulatory compliances. Since 2001, and the collapse of Enron, a US-based multinational company that concealed its massive debt, and the subsequent trial against its auditor, Arthur Andersen, compliance regulations have changed. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) was created as a preemptive measure against accounting inconsistencies, and as a result organizations are faced with a whole new business aspect within their organization...