Often in the realm of IT management, the thought of IT compliance is associated with information security. This is unfortunately not the case as they are two very different things. In this article, we will simplify compliance, and discuss why a pro-active security program is the ideal approach for modern business practice.

In mid-November last year, the retail giant Target experienced a security breach where customers’ credit card information was stolen. At first, it was thought that 40 million users had been affected but by January 2014, those numbers skyrocketed to a stunning 100 million. What emerged was the story of hackers who had appeared as “the good guys” in order to harvest as much information as they could from Target’s network.

A security breach is defined as any unauthorized access or acquisition that compromises the security, confidentiality, integrity or availability of covered information, systems, and applications. Recent years have seen significant amounts of legislative activity related to state data breach notification laws. South Dakota and Alabama enacted new data breach notification laws in 2019, becoming the last of 50 U.S. states to enact such laws.

The likelihood that your organization will suffer a material data breach in the next 2 years is nearly 28%, and that’s higher than last year’s risk according to The Ponemon Institute’s 2018 Cost of a Data Breach Study: Global Overview. Counsel’s best strategy is to insist on a strong organizational plan to quickly and effectively respond to data breaches and, ultimately, prevent them in the future.

Many people think that a compliance manager does nothing more than checkboxes on forms. However, in reality, your regulatory program manager coordinates across a variety of departments within your organization to keep your daily processes in alignment with your policies, procedures, and processes.

January 15, 2019 Miamisburg, OH – Ignyte Assurance PlatformTM, an industry leader in managing governance, risk and compliance (GRC), has received $100,000 from the state of Ohio to develop and integrate cybersecurity technology from the Air Force Research Laboratory. The company will use the funding to develop and integrate cybersecurity technology from the Air Force Research Laboratory to improve data collection and analysis.