Difference between PCI DSS and HIPAA Compliance
TL,DR: PCI DSS protects cardholder data during transactions while HIPAA protects patient health information. Healthcare organizations accepting credit card payments must comply with both simultaneously HIPAA violations carry penalties from $127 to $250,000 per violation. PCI DSS fines range from $5,000 to $100,000 per month based on severity and duration of non-compliance Key overlaps include…
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Feb 25, 2024
GDPR Compliance for US Companies (2026)
TL;DR If you’re a US-based company that serves EU customers or tracks their behavior online, the GDPR likely applies to you. But the law is complex, rooted in a different legal system, and often overwhelming for American teams with limited resources. Missteps aren’t just risky—they’re expensive, with fines reaching up to 4% of annual global…
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Feb 21, 2024
Enhance Security with PCI DSS Gap Assessment
Do you know that only 43% of PCI DSS requirements were met when a data breach was reported? The vulnerabilities that the threat actors used to gain access were covered under the specific PCI DSS sections. That tells us the importance of 100% complying with the PCI DSS. To make things streamlined and quick, the…
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Feb 19, 2024
10 Key SOC Functions You Must Be Aware Of
TL,DR: A Security Operations Center (SOC) is a team of security professionals that analyzes, monitors, detects, mitigates, and investigates cyber threats across desktops, endpoints, networks, and cloud environments The 10 key SOC functions are prevention, asset maintenance, monitoring, threat detection, incident response, log management, vulnerability assessment, compliance reporting, threat intelligence, and security training SOC teams…
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Feb 14, 2024
SOC 2 Audit Training: Everything You Need to Know
SOC 2 is one of the most globally accepted frameworks to demonstrate your business’ approach toward the security and integrity of data. As a result, a SOC 2-compliant company is likely to crack more deals. The reason for that is simple: they can show their prospects that their business environments are safe. In this article,…
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Feb 13, 2024
SOC for the Supply Chain: Strengthening Security and Compliance
To aid organizations, its customers, and business partners, in identifying, assessing, and addressing supply chain risks, the AICPA has developed a solution to cultivate greater transparency in the supply chain —a flexible, market-driven, and voluntary privacy framework commonly known as SOC for supply chain. This framework helps organizations exchange information about their supply chain risk…
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Feb 11, 2024
