As the industry’s first automated compliance platform, Vanta includes a wealth of pre-built content, which enables customers without existing compliance processes to quickly get up and running. ‍ But more mature organizations may already have a compliance program — from the processes they follow to the definitions of their compliance and security surface area — that is built to meet their unique compliance goals, auditor requirements, and tech stack.

TrustCloud teamed up with Dansa D’Arata Soucia on our Risk Rodeo webinar, to discuss everything you need to know to wrangle up risks with confidence. Our panelists weighed in on the four things that auditors look for in risk management processes.

Welcome to our guide on Security Questionnaires (SQs)! We’ll cover everything you need to know about SQs, including a complete breakdown of what they’re all about, what risk assessments look like from a prospective customer’s POV, and best practices for the vendors responding. Let’s get started!

There are five levels that make up the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework. These levels range from Level 1 (Basic Cyber Hygiene) to Level 5 (Advanced/Progressive). With each level of cybersecurity certification, the requirements of the previous level are built upon and new controls and practices are introduced.

Decree No. 2009-834 established ANSSI (Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information) as the National Cybersecurity Agency of France in 2009. In 2013, Article 22 of the Military Programming Law defined ANSSI’s functions and responsibilities, giving the agency regulatory and enforcement powers. Further, ANSSI is France’s primary point of contact with the larger European Union (EU) Network and Information Systems (NIS) Directive, with Decree No.

June was a month full of exciting releases for Vanta, including enhanced Risk Management customization, 21 new integrations, Automated Statement of Applicability, and more. ‍ ‍

Compliance testing, also known as conformance testing, is a periodic, independent, and objective assessment of compliance-related processes or controls. As the name implies, you’re testing those controls to see how well they actually work.

NIST established the crucial set of guidelines known as FIPS 140-2 to safeguard sensitive data, particularly for governmental organizations. It is to provide security and privacy when encrypting and decrypting data. The primary distinction between FIPS 140-2 validation and compliance is that. In contrast, validation involves determining if a system or product has been developed to comply with the standard’s requirements; compliance is putting those requirements into practice.

SOC 2 (Service Organization Control 2) provides a framework for assessing and reporting on the security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy of systems and data of service organizations. It was developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) to address the need for consistent and comprehensive security and privacy controls in service organizations.