Compliance Operations

In today’s digital age, external compliance audits and third-party attestations (e.g., SOC 2) have become increasingly crucial in B2B purchase decisions. Not only do they provide an objective third-party verification of a ...

Just how important is building secure software today? Well, given the never-ending string of cyberattacks that succeed by taking advantage of software vulnerabilities, it’s become essential for organizations to purchase and use ...

Each year, we ask over 1,000 IT and GRC professionals about their priorities for the coming year and operational aspects, like changes to budgets, staffing, challenges, and much more. What we found ...

IT general controls are among the most important elements of effective compliance and IT security. So it’s a bit strange that many businesses — and compliance professionals, for that matter — struggle ...

Editor’s note: this piece was updated with fresh information in August 2021. It was originally published in November, 2020. It’s 3 AM. Do you know where your most sensitive data is? More ...

As the leader of a sales organization, it’s your job to set your team up for success. Great sales leaders do everything possible to put their teams in a favorable position. They ...

Managing controls across multiple business units becomes increasingly challenging and costly as operational requirements evolve. To help compliance leaders efficiently view and manage control health across product lines, geographies and business units, ...

In the modern landscape of cybersecurity risk management, one uncomfortable truth is clear — managing cyber risk across the enterprise is harder than ever. Keeping architectures and systems secure and compliant can ...

Incident response is a critical piece of any enterprise cybersecurity strategy and is also a key component to achieving FedRAMP compliance. FedRAMP, the US government-wide program for ensuring the security of cloud ...

2023 will be remembered as the year when breaches of trust, not cybersecurity, led to a fever pitch of litigation and regulatory changes. In 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) implemented a ...