Sarbanes-Oxley Softwares:
Since most companies in US have to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 and 302, leading software vendors deveoped their own tools and the following table lists the popular tools and the vendor names. These tools combine enterprise content management, analytics, and enterprise applications of an organization. Sarbanes-Oxley software produces report on management's assessment of internal control over financial reporting in their annual report and these reports are submitted to Securities and Exchange Commission. Since audit or review paper work papers have to maintained for certain number of years, these tools are useful in maintaining the document and thus avoid penalites. Failure to maintain work papers and documentation shall attract severe penalties from the federal government.
Popular Sarbanes-Oxley Tools
| Tool Name | Vendor Name |
| Governance Suite | Certus |
| Soxa Accelerator | HandySoft |
| Workplace for Business Controls and Reporting | IBM |
| SOX Express | OpenPages |
| Internal Controls Manager | Oracle |
| Risk Navigator | Paisley Consulting |
| Internal Controls Enforcer | PeopleSoft |
| Management of Internal Controls | SAP |
| Sarbanes-Oxley Solution | Stellent |
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