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How API Security Factors into DORA Compliance

Complying with data protection regulations isn’t easy, but it has traditionally involved dealing with familiar risks. For example, do your IT admins have the right amount of access to systems touching sensitive information? Review, remediate, report, and repeat. Compliance has been cumbersome, but workable. The problem is, today’s attack surface is nowhere near workable. And it’s evolving to include threats that most compliance programs aren’t yet accounting for.

Fines for HIPAA Non-Compliance

In today’s digital age, the exchange and storage of information has become very common in all sectors of the world, healthcare being no exception. But with this transmission and storage comes the dangers of security and unauthorized access. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted with stringent regulations to safeguard this data and its violations can be severe.

TrustCloud's New Hallucination-Proof GraphAI Shaves Hours Off Security Questionnaires

TrustCloud’s AI already pre-fills up to 80% of a security questionnaire, but we’ve developed the next iteration. TrustShare has built new generative AI capabilities called GraphAI. GraphAI will still find the right answer for a security questionnaire topic, but now it will better account for context and generate more natural, accurate responses based on your program controls. GraphAI is built on a retrieval-augmented generative (RAG) model on our large language model (LLM).

What is SaaS Security Posture Management?

In a cloud-first world like today, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is becoming the everyday solution for organizations to operate and boost their efficiency. Still, this rapid uptake of SaaS apps brings new security problems. This is precisely where SSPM comes in-a vital tool to help organizations efficiently track, audit, and enhance their SaaS application security posture. What is SaaS Security Posture Management? How does it work? In this piece, we'll break down the fundamentals of SSPM, including its benefits, features, and how it sets itself apart from other similar solutions.

Cloud Security Regulations in Financial Services

As the financial sector continues to adopt cloud technology, regulatory frameworks such as the updated NIS2 Directive and the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) are shaping the cybersecurity landscape. Every second counts in such a complex environment: attackers can move quickly in the cloud, so defenders must change their strategies and tools to keep up. The financial sector has always been a prime target for cyber attacks, with the average breach costing almost 6 million US dollars.

Advanced GDPR Compliance Strategies for Cybersecurity

As digital transformation continues to multiply pathways to personal data, complete GDPR compliance is getting harder to attain. Whether you’re a data protection officer or a cybersecurity professional helping your organization remain compliant, this blog suggests advanced GDPR compliance strategies you may not have yet considered - beyond that delightful cookie consent notice we all love.

The Ultimate Guide to SBIR and STTR Program Budgeting

The world advances based on innovation, and innovation can come from anywhere. The trouble is that the current capitalist economic system encourages large corporations to play conservatively with their products and their budgets while working to secure their own positions in their industries. It becomes quite difficult for a new small business to enter the field, especially if they’re trying to enter a field that requires substantial facilities, research, or resources to get established.

Forward Networks Achieves SOC 2 Type II Compliance, Reiterating Commitment to Data Security and Transparency

Forward Networks announced today that it has successfully achieved System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type II Compliance attestation conducted by an independent third party. The completion of the audit demonstrates Forward Networks' long-term commitment to providing its customers transparency, privacy, and data security. Forward Networks achieved SOC 2 Type I Compliance in July of last year.

Proxies Explained: The First Line Of Defense In Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity is vital in today’s fast-paced digital world, where keeping your private information safe is as crucial as the technology itself. Proxies are key players in this arena, not just for the tech-savvy but for everyone online. They work quietly behind the scenes, rerouting your internet traffic to keep your activities private, speed up your browsing, and even unlock content that’s out of reach due to geographic restrictions.

Equivalency: The Latest FedRamp Memo From DoD

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has been around for nearly 15 years. In that time, it changed and was updated periodically to keep up with the times. While changes are occasionally made to the underlying security frameworks like FedRAMP, CMMC and the NIST documentation that reviews each security control, there is also communication directly from the Department of Defense and other organizations to issue additional guidance.