You should baseline your current compliance state and be prepared to show
progress towards full compliance. SOX is commonly applied with progressive
requirements year over year
Additional sections of SOX require "timely monitoring and response" to issues
that may materially affect data used or relied upon to generate public financial
reports. In IT terms, you need to monitor your logs, and respond to threats. SIEM tools and Intrusion Detection Prevention Systems are commonly inferred
from "timely monitoring."
You must log and audit access to financial data and critical files used in the
preparation of public financial reports.