Every time I look at a calendar, there seems to be a new day of celebration, observance, memorial, or holiday. Timeanddate.com includes 246 holidays and observances in the United States alone, but the third Saturday in May represents one of particular, personal significance to me—someone who joined the United States Army nearly ten years ago and continues to serve as a commissioned Officer in the Army National Guard.

We are proud to announce that the HITRUST Alliance has appointed Schellman & Co. Principal Doug Kanney to the HITRUST CSF Assessor Council and Quality Subcommittee. Below is the official press release announcing the latest HITRUST CSF Assessor Council members (https://hitrustalliance.net/councils/):

Giant strides have been made in privacy rights and regulations in Europe and many parts of the globe ever since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became enforceable on May 25th, 2018. In a world with serious impediments to my privacy and yours, the GDPR, to varying degrees of success, has been slowly leveling the field in how personal data is treated; rest assured, it’s a lot more than the privacy e-mail updates you’ve been receiving and the website cookie banners you’ve been accepting. In layman’s terms, the GDPR mandates requirements for storing, processing, accessing, and protecting personal data. We’ve all heard it – failure to comply with the Regulation attracts staggering fines of up to 4% annual global turnover of the prior financial year, or €20 million, whichever is higher. Despite the laundry list of concerns surrounding the Regulation, there has been reasonable progress since the enforcement date. Here are some notable observations since the inception of GDPR that you should know: