This book illustrates the many Open Source cost-saving opportunities that public companies can explore in their IT enterprise to meet mandatory compliance requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley act. This book will also show by example and technical reference both the infrastructure components for Open Source that can be made accordingly, and the Open Source tools that can help in the course of compliance. Although many books and reference material has been written in terms of finance and business Sox compliance, very little material available that directly address the information technology considerations, let alone about how Open Source fits into that discussion. The format of this book will begin each chapter with the IT business and executive consideration of Open Source and SOX compliance. CD will have fully configured running demonstrations of Open Source tools as a valuable technical reference for implementation of the concept given in the book * Only book that shows companies how to use Open Source tools to achieve SOX compliance, which dramatically reduces the cost of using proprietary, commercial applications. * Only SOX book with a bootable-Linux CD containing many applications, forms, and checklists to assist companies in achieving SOX compliance. * Only SOX compliance book specifically detailing steps to achieve SOX compliance for IT Professionals.