The deadline for public companies to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) is November 15. Many IT pros, however, are still looking for answers to their compliance questions and have a need to know what SOX means to their organization. Below are a number of invaluable resources to use in finding those answers.

TechRepublic has published several articles over the past year that address compliance issues specifically. Here are a few:

Steve Kenniston, Senior Strategist, Connected Corporation, wrote IT faces regulatory requirements for electronic communications archiving, a look at the regulatory landscape. He gives tips on how to build the foundation for e-mail-related regulatory compliance.

Ruby Bayan’s article, Get IT Done: IT pros must stay in compliance with e-mail retention laws, is based on an interview with an internationally recognized authority on the legal, compliance, and policy issues of information technology, electronic records, and information management. She includes some recommended providers if you decide to buy rather than build your records/information management solutions. [Continued…] [Toni Bowers]