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How to Assure Your Compliance Strategy Evolves Over Time
Compliance is a constant issue that affects businesses in multiple ways every day. Not only must your compliance program address individual acts of misconduct; the program must assure that your organization follows laws, rules, and regulations overtime — every day, day after day, in perpetuity. In the ideal, compliance management leads to a culture of […]
December 29, 2023
What is SOX compliance?
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) was passed in 2002 to protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate financial reporting. Also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act, SOX aims to safeguard against corporate fraud and corruption through stringent SOX compliance requirements. SOX compliance refers to the processes and policies […]
Tags: SOX
Compliance Risk Assessment Tools to Use
In today’s ever-evolving business landscape, the ability to achieve and maintain regulatory compliance is crucial for business success. All companies, regardless of size, face an array of regulations and standards that demand diligent oversight and management. This is where compliance risk assessments come into play. Compliance risk assessments offer a structured approach to identifying, managing, […]
How Compliance Risk Management Software Can Benefit Your Organization
In an era where regulatory frameworks are continuously evolving, and the cost of non-compliance is higher than ever, organizations are increasingly turning to compliance risk management software. Such tools not only streamline the process of adhering to legal and ethical standards but also safeguard against the financial and reputational damages of non-compliance. This blog explores […]
Cyber VRM Best Practices
In our digital age, where business partnerships and collaborations can span the globe, managing the risks associated with vendors and third parties has become a crucial part of cybersecurity. Cyber vendor risk management (VRM) is a strategy to address those risks, and to assure that vendors tapping into your IT systems don’t pose unacceptable risk […]
What Does PCI DSS Stand For?
In the digital age, where every transaction and click leaves a footprint, the security of payment card information has never been more crucial. Enter PCI DSS, a standard that has become synonymous with the secure handling of credit and debit card transactions. But what exactly does PCI DSS stand for, and why is it so […]
Tags: Audit Management, PCI
December 28, 2023
Creating a Plan for Supply Chain Sustainability
The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the imperative for businesses to look beyond simple profit considerations when developing their supply chain management plans, to consider supply chain sustainability factors as well. Narrow procurement goals of cost, quality, and technology left many chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) ill-prepared for the fractured global supply chains and costly disruptions triggered […]
Guide to CCPA Compliance Automation Tools
As global concern for data privacy escalates, governments worldwide are intensifying their efforts by implementing stringent data protection laws. One of the most comprehensive and impactful of these in the United States is the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This pivotal legislation sets a precedent for data privacy and imposes significant obligations on organizations that […]
What is Protected Health Information (PHI)?
Stolen medical data is hugely valuable on the dark web — and the healthcare industry has many data breaches to prove it. Healthcare data breaches increased by 55.1 percent in 2020 and cost healthcare organizations an estimated $6 trillion. The average cost of each breach was $7.13 million, the highest of any industry. More than […]
What is Zero Trust Architecture?
Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) is a security model that trains compliance teams and IT staff to never automatically trust any requests on their networks, even if they originate internally. The “never trust, always verify” mantra governs all access controls. Related to this concept, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) specifically secures and monitors administrative connections to […]
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