When the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was passed, it fell on corporate security teams to translate its requirements into technical controls. That threw the IT Security function into the deep end of the pool, and it has been sink or swim ever since.
The Sarbanes Oxley Act was the first of a wave of regulation focused on the integrity of IT systems, which led to compliance becoming Priority One for corporate security teams.
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