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The Benefits of Using a Compliance-Oriented Data Management Platform
Data drives the modern economy. The right type, amount, and quality of data lets organizations better understand their customers. This understanding enables companies to build more accurate customer profiles, design personalized marketing programs, refine retention strategies, and nurture meaningful long-term customer relationships. Simply collecting this data, however, is not enough. Data only becomes valuable when […]
October 30, 2023
Key Steps to Improving Strategic Vendor Management
Efficient procurement is crucial to the success of any corporate organization. Hence, companies should consider strategies for effective vendor risk management. Strategic Vendor Management (SVM) continuously monitors and improves vendor relationships and exchanges. If a vendor performs only one task, SVM asks you to have that vendor perform multiple tasks instead, allowing for cost savings […]
What is an ISO Quality Audit?
An ISO quality audit serves as a crucial management tool for organizations, enabling them to assess, validate, and confirm various quality-related activities within their systems. These audits play a pivotal role in evaluating and assuring the effectiveness of an organization’s quality management systems (QMS) in compliance with the ISO 9001 standard. While preparing for and […]
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CISOs and Trust: Why it matters
In today’s digital business landscape marked by digital transformations and increased information security initiatives, the role of a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has never been more pivotal. As gatekeepers of organizational data and defenders against ever-evolving cyber threats and cyber attacks, CISOs stand on the frontline of ensuring business continuity and reputation. But beneath […]
What is an ISO Surveillance Audit?
An ISO surveillance audit is an audit of your business that happens after you achieve compliance with an ISO standard, to assure that you still follow that standard’s expectations across time. In other words, a surveillance audit is meant to confirm that your organization is still living up to the promises it made when you […]
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What Are NIST Controls and How Many Are There?
What Are NIST Controls and How Many Are There? Key Takeaway NIST controls are cybersecurity safeguards published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Special Publication 800-53 has over 900 security controls across 18 control families, designed to improve organizational cybersecurity, risk posture, and information protection. Table of Contents Key Terms NIST Controls: Cybersecurity […]
Tags: Audit Management, NIST
What Does ISO Certification Cost?
Certifying your compliance with ISO standards for cybersecurity, quality management, and other good business practices can be a great way to demonstrate your organization’s commitment to superior performance. ISO certification means that a third party has independently validated that a company conforms to a set of standards established by the International Standards Organization. The ISO […]
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How do I Prepare for an ISO Surveillance Audit?
An ISO (International Organization for Standardization) surveillance audit is an occasional review of a company’s quality management system or information security management system (ISMS) by an accredited auditor, to confirm that the company still meets ISO standards, after the company had already achieved ISO compliance at some point in the past. To put it more […]
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How Much Does a SOC 2 Audit Cost?
SOC 2 audits inspect the security controls of vendors and service providers. (“SOC” itself is an abbreviation of System and Organization Controls for Service Organizations.) It’s reasonable to ask how much a SOC 2 audit might cost, but every SOC 2 audit is unique — which means that nobody can give a single, universal estimate […]
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What is Calculated Risk in Business?
Every business decision involves an element of risk. Management’s job is to assess that level of risk as best as possible, and to weigh that risk correctly against the potential rewards. That risk-versus-reward equation is the basis for taking calculated risks, often referred to as your “risk-adjusted return on investment.” So how should an executive […]
Tags: Risk Management
September 15, 2023
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