Cyber Essentials Certification: Ultimate Guide
How much does your business suffer from cyber threats? And with attacks taking a masterful turn, safeguarding sensitive data — and winning customers’ trust — requires more than just a firewall or antivirus software. This is where Cyber Essentials certification comes in, a government-backed framework that helps organizations prevent the most common types of cyberattacks…
Sep 28, 2024
SOC 2 Report: Building Trust Through Compliance
In today’s day and age, data security is a pivotal selling point. Customers and prospects want to know that their data is secure and that the companies they sign on with have sufficient measures to ensure it stays that way. And so, companies are often tasked with proving the effectiveness of their security controls. A…
Sep 28, 2024
How to Build an Effective SOC 2 Disaster Recovery Plan
Did you know that infrastructure failures can cost a staggering $100,000 per hour? And that’s not even the worst part—critical application failures can rack up costs between $500,000 and $1 million per hour! Most SMBs can’t bounce back from such massive losses. This is one of the reasons why organizations take their disaster recovery plans…
Sep 28, 2024
Difference Between NIST 800-53 and NIST 800-171
If you’re a government contractor, the burden of demonstrating compliance and implementing certain mandatory resource requirements may seem overwhelming. You’re certainly not alone in this. Organizations that process government contractors are often mandated to become compliant with NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171 among NIST CSF, but which one of the two should your organization become compliant…
Sep 27, 2024
What is Vulnerability Management Lifecycle ? Protect Your Assets Today
Most security professionals deal with two main issues. On one hand, there is an increasing attack surface. According to a report by JupiterOne, modern security teams are responsible for 165000 cyber assets including devices, applications, cloud workloads etc. On the other hand, there are visibility challenges. A report by Gartner states that less than 1%…
Sep 27, 2024
Standard Contractual Clauses: A Guide for International Data Transfers
Data is sensitive, and ensuring the integrity and security of the personal data of the citizens of the European Union (EU) is one of the key objectives of the General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR). The GDPR law aims to protect the interests of data within and outside the boundaries of the EU. How does it do…
Sep 27, 2024