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SOC2, Security Program

The Four Essential Elements of SOC 2 Type 2 Compliance

The Type 2 audit measures your organizations’ ability to maintain security, availability, processing integrity, privacy, and confidentiality operationally over time. A SOC 2 Type 2 investment helps build resiliency into your business. It demonstrates your organizations' ability

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vCISO - Stories from the Trenches

Disasters, heroics, funny stories, and impacts to business success  Nate Hartman describes a six-month stint as an acting CISO or virtual CISO (vCISO) at a fast-paced Silicon Valley tech company.  

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What are the SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria?

The SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria (TSCs) for information technology, is a framework for designing, implementing and evaluating information system controls. The purpose of controls is to ensure your information system can meet its objectives. The

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Understanding the Business Value of SOC 2 Compliance

System and Organizational Controls 2 (SOC 2) is sometimes known as Service Organization Controls. Maintained by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), SOC 2 is a standard for auditing and reporting on the efficacy of

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Bridging the gap between CISOs

Facing the challenges of new cybersecurity and privacy laws, a sharp increase in cybersecurity litigation, and the ceaseless evolution of ransomware and cyberthreats, the role of Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has become critical to

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Do you have APIs? How do you test them?

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) have changed in nature in recent years and are increasingly (and sometimes inadvertently) being made available to users of web services, the “Apps” (applications) on mobile devices, and internally for the web

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Using a vCISO Service to Achieve and Retain a SOC 2 Certification

CSO Online, which knows plenty about what goes into ensuring security, makes a strong case for hiring a virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO). It notes that fulltime CISOs “can be hard to come by, often stay in their job for two years

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SOC 2 and Other Security Compliance Merit Badges

Whether or not you are a tinfoil-hat wearing paranoid, you need a strong cybersecurity posture to support sales! These days most of your customers will ask you to demonstrate your security profile in one form or another. The fact is that most, if

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SOC2, HIPAA, CIS Controls, Security Program

Reasons to choose CIS Controls for Cyber Security

Reasons to choose CIS Controls for your cyber security program  It started with a few select people in a room. It was called “Project Insight” by the NSA and DOD and its mission was simple, get some of the best cybersecurity minds into a room, and

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(Video) 11 Steps to Achieve SOC 2 Compliance

Are you looking to start your SOC 2 Audit for this year? Here is a video that will guide you through your first SOC 2 audit using 11 steps.  Overview Your customers have probably asked for your SOC 2 report, or it may be required to seal the deal on

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