The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was implemented in 2002 to increase company security by imposing regulations on the internal processes that make up a company’s financial reporting. While this regulation ensures that organizations’ processes and internal systems are more advanced and reliable, it has a major impact on many departments, including IT operations who are held to a much higher standard for organizational compliance. This cheat sheet will provide everything you need to know on how to remain compliant and what to look for while you evaluate DevOps tools for release management.