SOX Certification

Our Sarbanes Oxley SOX Certification Program:

• Allows you to achieve your certification in a fraction of the time of 'traditional training' while delivering industry-leading exam passing percentages


• Helps you grasp complex technical concepts more easily by identifying and catering to your individual learning style through a mixed visual, auditory and kinaesthetic-tactual delivery system


• Enhances your retention by employing accelerated learning techniques focused on committing information to long-term memory

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 a real-world training methodology. Once you're certified, you'll possess the required skills to protect your company.







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

Other training providers rely heavily on lecture, self-testing and self-study.
Our approach is highly varied and interactive to keep your attention, promote teamwork, and reinforce knowledge gained through hands-on learning.
You will:
Be Immersed into a distraction-free environment - escaping your normal routine and focusing purely on learning.
Experience Accelerated Learning methods – designed to help you learn much more quickly, spend less time out of the office, and see returns from your investment straight away.
Be Measured through on-site exam testing - creating a complete feedback loop that ensures you understand the subject thoroughly.
With Firebrand Training, you will learn more.
This information has been provided as a helpful tool for candidates considering certification. Benefits of certification determined through studies do not guarantee any particular personal successes. Firebrand Training provides a guarantee of obtaining certification at the camp, but does not make any guarantees about personal successes or benefits of obtaining certification.







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:

• 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


• 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


• 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


• Interactive CSOX Exam-Objective Reinforcement


• CSOX Exam Delivery

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:

• nance, Accounting, IS, IT (CSOX-FIT



• 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
With Firebrand, you benefit from top-quality education in an all-inclusive course package specifically designed for the needs and ease of our students. We attend to every detail so you can focus solely on your studies and certification goals.
You’ll get a robust set of course materials that cater to each of our three key individual learning styles (auditory, visual, and kinaesthetic-tactile) - critical for a successful learning experience.
And there's more. Along with daily lectures, exercises, and review sessions, you’ll also get:
Our Certification Programs include*

• Intensive Hands-on Training Utilising our (Lecture | Lab | Review)TM Delivery


• Comprehensive study materials and courseware - we adapt official curriculum to address the demands of accelerated learners


• Self-testing software and/or mock exam papers
  
• Fully instructor-led program with 24 hour lab access


• Exam vouchers


• On site testing


• Accommodation, all meals, drinks and snacks


• Our Certification Guarantee - because we're sure you'll pass first time, if don’t pass your exams, come back to the course within a year and you only pay for accommodation and exam vouchers - everything else is free

* Please note:

• Our ISC(2) Cissp CBK Review program differs from normal course delivery. For more details, speak to us on 080 80 800 888.


• Exam vouchers for our (ISC)2 certifications need to be purchased directly from (ISC)2


• On site testing is not included in our Scrum, ISACA or PMI certifications

Our instructors teach to accommodate every student's learning needs through individualised instruction, hands-on labs, lab partner and group exercises, independent study, self-testing, and question/answer drills.
Firebrand Training has dedicated, well-equipped educational facilities where you will attend instruction and labs and have access to comfortable study and lounging rooms. Our students consistently say our facilities are second-to-none.
Examination Passing Policy
Should a student complete a Firebrand Training 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 accommodations and vendor exam fees.








Sarbanes-Oxley - SOX Certification - Prerequisites
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.We interview all applicants for the course on their technical background, degrees and certifications held, and general suitability. If you get through this screening process, it means you stand a great chance of passing.
Firebrand Training is an immersive training environment. You must be committed to the course. The above prerequisites are guidelines, but many students with less experience have other background or traits that have enabled their success in accelerated training through Firebrand Training.