Month: September 2024

Guide to Privacy Compliance

Guide to Privacy Compliance [Examples, Challenges, & How to Comply]

As cloud adoption accelerates, privacy compliance regulations like GDPR or CCPA are no longer just a sales blocker but compulsory. Designed to protect customers’ sensitive data, these compliance frameworks can become costly if ignored. Let’s take Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, for example. After an investigation by the Office for Civil Rights, they paid $240,000 in…
Sep 01, 2024
GDPR Article 30

GDPR Article 30: Records of Processing Activities + Downloadable Template

Why is record keeping such a fundamental part of GDPR compliance?  For privacy professionals, it’s the cornerstone of understanding and protecting personal data. Under GDPR Article 30, organizations must create a Record of Processing Activities (RoPA)—a detailed map of all personal data held within the organization.  This involves identifying what data is collected, where it’s…
Sep 01, 2024
Types of Security Models: All you need to know

Types of Security Models: All you need to know

Security models offer a blueprint for how security should be applied within organizations to ensure data confidentiality for both them and their consumers. In this article, we will take a deep dive into the security models and their various types. What are security models? Information security models are systems that specify which people should have…
Sep 01, 2024
SOC 2 framework

SOC 2 Framework: Your Key To Achieving Cybersecurity Excellence

According to Infosecurity, in the 3rd quarter of 2022 alone, a total of 108.9 million accounts were breached, a 70% increase compared to the previous quarter.  SOC2 framework provides a set of auditing standards and guidelines to assess an organization’s information security practices and procedures and determine whether they align with industry best practices and…
Sep 01, 2024
Access control List

Access Control List: A Critical Tool for Securing Your Network

Organizations today are increasingly realizing that controls are the first (and sometimes) last line of defense, especially the ones such as access controls. Insiders caused 20% of data breaches because of privilege creep in 2022 according to a report by Verizon.  Such issues have made network strategies like zero-trust network access (ZTNA) an integral part…
Sep 01, 2024