Cyber Risk and Privacy
01.28.2021
Go Beyond the Privacy Policy
Each year, Data Privacy Day is an opportunity for organizations of all sizes to think about their privacy posture.
Read More12.22.2020
AWS Audit Manager: Accelerating the Audit Lifecycle
Earlier this month, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a new offering: AWS Audit Manager. This product was built to simplify the risk and compliance process for AWS customers – which is a big deal these days as cybersecurity audits take up more and more time from CISOs and IT Security teams.
Read More12.14.2020
4 Miscellaneous HITRUST Regulatory Factors to Consider
Over the last few blogs, we have provided a comprehensive overview of the HITRUST landscape, from the authoritative sources at its core, to the optional regulations, or regulatory factors, that are commonly added on to a HITRUST assessment for industry-specific purposes.
Read More12.08.2020
How European Companies Can Accelerate International Expansion with SOC 2 Compliance
The United States represents an attractive market for many European companies, but international expansion can be fraught with risk because of a completely different regulatory landscape.
Read More09.15.2020
The A-LIGN Advantage: Unify Your Audit Experience across Multiple Standards with a Single-Provider Approach
“Don’t swap horses in the middle of the stream.” – Abraham Lincoln The emergence of automated security and compliance solutions still leaves organizations with a problem: these point solutions are unable to provide independent third-party certification.
Read More08.13.2020
Privacy Shield and the GDPR: Inadequate Protection for Cross-border Data Transfers
On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a landmark judgement that Privacy Shield is “invalid” because it does not provide “adequate protection” under Article 45 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for transfers of personal data of individuals located in the European Union to the United States.
Read More07.20.2020
ISO 27701 Streamlines Data Privacy, Incorporates GDPR and CCPA concepts into Certifiable Standard
Let A-LIGN guide your journey from Information Security Management System (ISMS) to Privacy Information Management System (PIMS)
Read More06.04.2020
Myth-Busting
Strategic Compliance:
Fact and Fiction
The most profound change that IT leaders need to make in their approach to strategic compliance is to their own mind. There are many self-imposed limiting beliefs that must be overcome.
Read More05.19.2020
Transforming Compliance to Enable Digital Transformation
Business has been transformed from the PC and corporate networks to mobile devices and cloud computing. Digital transformation is readily available to every organization but requires cybersecurity and compliance.
Read More05.07.2020
The Apex of Strategic Compliance
There is no denying that we have entered a new zeitgeist with strategic compliance. Organizations have been thrust into thinking about how to securely enable the productivity of a remote workforce.
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