Few organizations can perform their daily tasks and operations without vendors and third-party partners. And even if they could, successful businesses understand that working with others provides a better experience than doing it alone. The vendors and partners a business associates with matter. These relationships impact security measures, revenue, and brand reputation.

Security risks within the IT infrastructure of global businesses are increasingly prevalent – and damaging. When swathes of data are separated in the hybrid or multi cloud, it can leave big open doorways for malware to walk right in. The message I want businesses to hear is that cloud and data are not separate. IT only exists to service the needs of a business’ data. Securing cloud services – and therefore your data – is a business-critical issue.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, best known as HIPAA, is one of the most well-known healthcare privacy laws in the United States. The primary objective of HIPAA is to safeguard patients' Personal Health Information (PHI). HIPAA's Security and Privacy rules establish guidelines for protecting Electronically Protected Health Information (EPHI), and Trustwave DbProtect is a powerful tool to help achieve this goal.

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The Department of Defense (DoD) introduced the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) in 2019. This framework outlined a series of security standards contractors must meet to win DoD contracts, so it’s a big concern for many companies. However, four years later, the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification rollout has yet to take effect. Part of this delay comes from the fact that the DoD has revamped the CMMC.

Whether it is reporting a phishing email or something that might be illegal that a coworker is doing, your employees should be a strong last line of defense for security and compliance. According to Gartner, almost 60 percent of all misconduct that is observed in the workplace never gets reported. For decades both compliance officers and security leaders have known that the earlier employees report incidents, the lower the risk. Yet low reporting rates continue to be a problem.