Month: September 2024

HIPAA compliant data centers

How to Assess HIPAA Compliant Data Centers

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the technology-adoption pace of the medical sector. While the healthcare industry shifting to online processing models, HIPAA regulators didn’t impose any fines for non-compliance in 2019, allowing the telehealth sector to grow swiftly and offer online healthcare services. With things returning to normal, HIPAA is back on its mission to ensure…
Sep 16, 2024
Policy Management System: Top Tools To Help Automate Policy Tracking & Management

Top 10 Policy Management Software Tools You Should Know

According to recent studies, close to 57% of companies spend between 4 and 10 hours a week manually aligning their policies with compliance requirements. As your business scales up, it can be overwhelming for employees to navigate complex policies and procedures, especially if it is managed manually via excel or a document tracker. The long-term…
Sep 16, 2024
Incident Response Plan

Incident Response Plan 101: How to Approach it

We are living in the age of zero-day exploits, where security teams have no time to prepare for risks. And in such an age, agility takes precedence over all other aspects. Security teams need a clearly laid-out incident response plan that serves as a blueprint on how to initiate quick action. Forward-thinking organizations today go…
Sep 15, 2024
penetration testing

Penetration Testing: Strengthening Your Cybersecurity Defenses

About 60% of businesses are likely to increase the cost of their product or services to make up for the loss incurred due to a data breach. Moreover, the time and effort to contain and mitigate breaches takes a toll on engineering bandwidth and impacts product launch deadlines. Thankfully, you can use various pen testing…
Sep 15, 2024
Third party risk management

Third-Party Risk Management: Mitigating External Risks

No CTO in their right mind trusts their vendors and contractors completely. Irrespective of their relationship, vendors will need to fulfill a due diligence baseline to qualify as a good fit and a safe choice. But what separates your company from being a secure one from a vulnerable one is the depth of your due…
Sep 15, 2024
cyber security goals

What are the Top Three Cyber Security Goals?

If you’ve ever wondered about the magnitude of power cyber threats hold, this one’s for you. May 8, 2022. The Costa Rican president had to declare a national emergency because of cyber attacks by the Conti Ransomware Group. The world was caught unaware. Cyber crimes can put an individual, organization, or a whole country at…
Sep 14, 2024