HIPAA Guidelines: How to Keep Your Patient’s Data Safe
At the very core of the medical practice is the trust between a patient and their physician. To protect this fragile relationship, healthcare organizations need to understand HIPAA Guidelines and how they should be applied when handling patients’ personal data. In this blog post, we discuss the main HIPAA guidelines and why adhering to them…
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Sep 29, 2024
9 Limitations of Internal Controls And How to Mitigate Them
Internal controls are the building blocks of a company’s security posture. They shape the company’s security architecture and they can often be the difference between a secure company and a vulnerable one. A recent study suggested that about 68% of occupational fraud occurred due to reasons relating to internal control loopholes—the reasons ranging from a…
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Sep 29, 2024
Best Risk Assessment Tools for Managing Cyber Risk
Risk assessment is an activity that helps organizations strengthen their security posture. A well-rounded risk assessment process will help you identify potential risks to your compliance, evaluate risk severity, and minimize their impact on business operations and continuity. It will require more than assessing risk to streamline your security-strengthening process; your organization must also deploy…
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Sep 29, 2024
How to Implement Effective Cloud Governance for Your Business
A survey from HashiCorp found that nearly 90% of companies have gone multi-cloud. This figure is testament not only to the cloud’s popularity, but also demonstrates the urgency of establishing firm policies on cloud governance. Implementing cloud governance, however, is easier said than done. It comes with a set of challenges and intricacies. Let us…
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Sep 29, 2024
FedRAMP Compliance: Importance and Steps
Before the establishment of FedRAMP, the U.S. government’s approach to cloud security was inconsistent and inefficient, leading to increased risks to national information. The introduction of the FedRAMP framework in 2011 aimed to provide a standardized approach to cloud security practices and ensure secure cloud deployment by agencies, emphasizing FedRAMP compliance. Ever since, the FedRAMP…
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Sep 29, 2024
How To Define Your SOC 2 Scope
Defining the SOC 2 scope is a practical constraint when preparing for SOC 2 assessments. Some organizations err by selectively incorporating elements that showcase their strengths creating challenges for the recipients who rely on SOC 2 reports for making key decisions. Others find it difficult to balance assessment initiatives with the time and resources at…
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Sep 29, 2024