What is Vendor Risk Assessment – Download Checklist
December 19, 2023. Comcast, a U.S. telecom giant acknowledged that the data of 36 million Xfinity customers had been stolen because of a third-party breach. The third-party supplied security patches in October, but not all customers applied them. Unaddressed third-party risks are often the loose ends that threat actors focus on to infiltrate organizations. Continuous…
Sep 12, 2024
NIST 800-171 Checklist: Fastrack Your NIST Compliance
NIST 800-171, or NIST SP 800-171, is a guideline issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for non-federal entities. It outlines rules for securely handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), covering storage, processing, and transmission. If your organization does business with the U.S. DoD, you must be NIST 800-171 compliant. It is designed…
Sep 12, 2024
Disaster Recovery Plan Template (Free Download)
Did you know that the disaster recovery plan is the most challenging to implement among the various components of a company’s security strategy? This is because a disaster recovery plan is carried out reactively—companies and security teams often don’t find out about disasters until it’s too late. And all that can be done is manage…
Sep 12, 2024
How to Automate Risk Management Process
Running a business involves risks—circumstances or incidents that could jeopardize your company’s capacity to continue operations. The ability to spot early signs of risk and mitigate them is essential for an organization to survive. Loss in resources and reputation can result from even the smallest elements being overlooked. Uncertain situations can probably be managed most…
Sep 12, 2024
How to Comply with the HIPAA Minimum Necessary Rule
Much of the administrative simplification rule of HIPAA focuses on preventing unauthorized disclosure of protected health information (PHI). A good practice that helps to protect PHI is applying the HIPAA minimum necessary rule standard. This article details what this rule entails, how it works, cases where it is not applicable, and what happens when you…
Sep 12, 2024
6 Best SaaS Security Companies : How to Choose Saas Security Companies
In September 2023, a study by ItGovernance found 97 security incidents that compromised 91,127,815 records. And the grand champion of this unfortunate event? Twitter, with 220 million breached records. Quite the headliner, isn’t it? Now, when you dig deeper and do some number crunching, it’s hard not to feel concerned. Your organization could become a…
Sep 12, 2024