8 Steps to Get PCI Compliance for Small Business
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) is a compliance framework that sets guidelines for any organization processing card transactions to ensure the protection of sensitive cardholder information. However, with four distinct levels of PCI DSS and the need to interpret and map requirements to specific controls, achieving compliance can be an intensive…
Oct 09, 2024
How to build a risk-aware culture in your organization?
Can people in your organization freely discuss what might go wrong without hesitation? Do you still think system-centric when you hear the words risk and security? Are your employees risk-avoidant or calculated risk-takers? The answers can be indicative of your organization’s risk culture. This culture is the sum of shared values, attitudes, and behavior that…
Oct 09, 2024
What Does A Compliance Manager Do?
Have you ever wondered what keeps businesses on the right side of the law? Behind every successful company that stays compliant with cybersecurity regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, or PCI DSS, there’s a compliance manager working quietly behind the scenes. They’re the ones who have to wade through a maze of legal requirements, paperwork, meetings, and…
Oct 09, 2024
Continuous Compliance: How to Automate the Process
Remember when you had an entire summer to complete your college thesis but submitted a poor, rushed job because you worked on it in one day? Believe it or not, businesses do it too. Often businesses perform poorly in their audit because they lack a systematic approach to compliance and don’t complete the pre-audit work…
Oct 09, 2024
GRC Capability Model 3.5: Everything You Need To Know
Cloud companies are scrambling to fortify their defenses in an era where data breaches make headlines and regulations tighten. Enter the GRC Capability Model 3.5 – a game-changer in how organizations approach governance, risk, and compliance. As cloud adoption soars, this framework offers a beacon for companies navigating the complex waters of security and regulatory…
Oct 09, 2024
Common Control Framework: The Complete Implementation Guide
If you handle sensitive data, you might find yourself in the alphabet soup of regulations – SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, NIST, CCPA, ISO, and more. Some mandatory and others voluntary, but complying with multiple frameworks is a lot of work and often spirals into chaos unless you have a methodical approach to systematically manage it…
Oct 09, 2024