Author: Anwita

Anwita is a cybersecurity enthusiast and veteran blogger all rolled into one. Her love for everything cybersecurity started her journey into the world compliance. With multiple certifications on cybersecurity under her belt, she aims to simplify complex security related topics for all audiences. She loves to read nonfiction, listen to progressive rock, and watches sitcoms on the weekends.
HIPAA compliance form for employers

HIPAA Compliance form for Employers: How to write Non-Disclosure agreements

HIPAA aplies to employees or healthcare professionals who regularly handle PHI. This creates the risk of PHI disclosure – deliberately for personal gain or due to negligence. Either way, in such instances, employers must bear the legal consequences.  The HIPAA compliance form for employers helps you to avoid violation of privacy rights, meet legal obligations,…
Oct 10, 2024
operational risk management software

Best Operational Risk Management Tools – How to Select one ?

During the 2008 economic crisis, financial giant Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy, fired thousands of employees, and sent the already broken economy into a tailspin. While many complex factors led to this event, poor risk management was the key one. This event highlights the importance of using operational risk management software. Operating a business without a…
Oct 09, 2024
continuous compliance

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

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
Cloud security audit

What is Cloud Security Audit [Complete Checklist]

Malicious actors target sections where the bulk of data reside. As more processes, applications, and information sit on the cloud, it inevitably attracts cybercriminals. A cloud security audit can help to accelerate response and mitigation capabilities.  This article covers what cloud security audit means, its objective, what to ensure to be audit ready, its challenges,…
Oct 09, 2024
Top PCI Compliance Software in 2024

10 Best PCI Compliance Software to Secure Payment Data

The payment card industry is among the top targets of breaches. Creditdonkey reports that about 47% of Americans faced credit card fraud in the past five years. The same report states that card data theft incidents occur every two seconds.  PCI DSS, a set of security standards, helps prevent financial loss from card data theft…
Oct 09, 2024