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The Key Differences between FedRAMP A-TO & P-ATO
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) helps U.S. federal agencies assess cloud service providers’ security more efficiently. It aims to protect government data and information systems and promote the adoption of secure cloud products and services by federal agencies. FedRAMP standardizes security requirements and authorizations for SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS cloud services per […]
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October 7, 2024
How to Prevent Third-Party Vendor Data Breaches
Third-party data breaches can happen at any time to any organization. This type of breach occurs when a vendor (or some other business partner) holding your company’s data suffers a breach, and your data is exposed. According to the Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report, 62 percent of all data breaches happen via third-party vendors. Even worse, IBM […]
Tags: Cybersecurity
How to Avoid the Common Risks of Implementing New Software
The first computer software program was released and executed in 1948 at the University of Manchester: a math program that computed the greatest divisor of 2 to the 18th power. It took 52 minutes to calculate the answer. Software has come a long way since then. It powers the digital economy; organizations in every industry […]
Tags: Compliance, Risk Management
October 1, 2024
Top Risks Faced by Oil and Gas Companies
Risk management programs must be tailored to a company’s specific risks, and often those risks correlate to whatever industry that company is in. Oil & gas companies are particularly challenged because they are a critical infrastructure sector with little room for error and they operate in complex environments, which means plenty of risks that demand […]
Tags: Oil & Gas, Risk Management
How to Leverage AI to Streamline GRC Compliance: The Future of Automated Auditing
In the ever-evolving landscape of Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), staying ahead of the curve is no longer just an advantage—it’s a necessity. As organizations grapple with an increasingly complex regulatory environment, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into GRC processes is emerging as a game-changing solution. This blog post explores how AI can revolutionize […]
Tags: GRC
September 27, 2024
What is Cybersecurity Automation?
Conventional cybersecurity management solutions are becoming outdated, unable to handle the exponential growth of sophisticated security threats. Plus, financial and talent constraints impede the ability of security teams to expand. Given those difficult circumstances, how can security teams improve their capacity to minimize data breaches even amid today’s increasingly complex attack surfaces? Enter cybersecurity automation. In this article you’ll learn why cybersecurity automation is important, different types […]
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September 25, 2024
Risk Management Process For Insurance Companies
Insurance companies know how to protect their clients’ homes, cars, and businesses. But protecting those customers’ personal information is a bit harder to ensure. While the insurance industry focuses on risk-based analyses for its underwriting programs, firms must also apply those same risk management processes to securing customer information. What Are the Different Types of […]
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Important Disaster Recovery Scenarios to Test
However safe and resilient your company’s operations might be, there’s always the chance that something will occur to interrupt business operations. Hence, every company should have a disaster recovery plan that maps out how to respond to a disaster so that the company can return to normal operations as soon as possible. That said, companies need to do more […]
Tags: GRC
What is Cybersecurity Architecture and Why is it Important?
Cybersecurity threats abound, and the pace of cybersecurity attacks is increasing steadily year after year. At the same time, consumers are also becoming more aware of cybersecurity harms, and demanding better performance from the companies with which they do business. Regulators hear that sentiment from consumers too, and are responding with ever more stringent rules […]
Tags: NIST
Security Misconfigurations: Definition, Causes, and Avoidance Strategies
Misconfigured security settings can be disastrous for a company’s cybersecurity. In 2019, for example, a researcher discovered a security misconfiguration in the popular project management tool Atlassian JIRA that allowed him to access a vast amount of confidential data from companies that used JIRA. Unfortunately, Atlassian’s error is all too common. Configuration errors were responsible for almost […]
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