Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is at the heart of many major IT
initiatives and vendor offerings. However, while SOA has the potential to
deliver business value through streamlined application integration, as well
as integration with partners and suppliers, the open nature of SOA has the
potential to cause problems with Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. This article will
look at compliance issues inherent in developing an SOA. Using a practical
example, we'll examine COSO Control Objectives, Risks, and their supporting
IT systems from the perspective of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
This article is meant to help IT professionals, corporate managers, and
auditors understand two complex and interconnected sets of activity in the
world of corporate computing: Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and SOA. Both SOX and SOA
are emerging as major areas of focus - some might say distraction - fo... (more)
Governance is the tail that wags the SOA dog. An organization that deploys
Web Services without a solid governance program is headed for serious trouble
in terms of reliability, security, and cost.
While governance is a necessity for any IT endeavor, the open and
potentially chaotic nature of SOA makes governance either a showstopper or a
magic bullet for success, depending on how it's approached. This article will
look at SOA governance from both a technological and business perspective,
highlighting the need for a complete governance model - a closed loop that
spans design ti... (more)
SOA and WOA Magazine on Ulitzer
If you've followed the arc of the SOA revolution, you might have expected the
current moment to be one of great fanfare and proclamations of success. SOA
(was supposed to have) arrived! SOA (was supposed to be) an accepted standard
for software development and enterprise architecture. Yet, as we have seen,
the naysayers appear to have had their day. SOA is DOA, we are told again and
again. The recession/complacency/complexity/security problems/creeping vendor
lock-in, you name it, has put a dagger in the heart of the enterprise SOA. I
don't think ... (more)
Hugh Taylor is the co-author of Understanding Enterprise SOA and Event-Driven Architecture: How SOA Enables the Real-Time Enterprise and the author of The Joy of SOX: Why Sarbanes Oxley and Service-Oriented Architecture May be the Best Thing that Ever Happened to You. He serves as Senior Director of Marketing at Mitratech, a Los Angeles based enterprise software company.
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