In 2007, a group of healthcare organizations, technology companies, and government agencies—including the American Hospital Association, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), McKesson Corporation, and Microsoft—got together to create a unified approach to information security and privacy. The result was the Health Information Trust Alliance’s Common Security Framework (HITRUST CSF).

In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, organizations face an ever-increasing array of risks and compliance challenges. As businesses strive to adapt to the digital age, it has become imperative to enhance their Governance, Risk Management, and compliance (GRC) strategies. Fortunately, the fusion of artificial intelligence (AI) and GRC practices presents a transformative opportunity.

This article was originally published in Cybersecurity Insiders. In our increasingly digitally connected world, cybersecurity risks are at an all time high and only growing. With this in mind, businesses are beginning to embrace and understand, if they didn’t before, just how essential a healthy governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) program is to their organization’s overall success.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to protect your organization’s sensitive data from cyber threats and attain an ISO 27001 certification. This guide provides a comprehensive overview for ensuring a smooth ISO 27001 audit of your information security management systems (ISMS). With this, you can confidently achieve and maintain an ISO 27001 certification without losing your mind in the process.

Picture this: you’re a service organization that has aced your SOC 2 audit, and now your prospects are becoming customers at record speed as you prove your commitment to data security. But what happens in the interim period between one SOC report and the next? Enter the SOC 2 Bridge Letter, which fills the gap and keeps your compliance game on point. In this blog post, we’ll dive deep into the world of bridge letters, exploring their significance, components, and responsibilities.

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With today’s dynamic cybersecurity threat landscape, governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) can’t afford to be stuck lagging and playing catch-up. It needs to be leading the pack, ensuring organizations are compliant, protected, communicative, and driving business success.