Successfully managing your HIPAA risk means accounting for those introduced by your vendors that are supplementing existing business processes in different ways. Vendors can make you vulnerable in a variety of ways, which means a variety of solutions becomes necessary.

In the ever-evolving digital landscape, the sophistication of cybersecurity advances runs in parallel with the advancing cyberattacks. Among these varied threats, ransomware, and what can be its devastating impact, remains a prominent concern as it becomes clear that no organization is safe.

Recently, the UK National Security Centre (NCSC) and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)—along with other groups from around the world—released the Guidelines for Secure AI System Development.

Like all evolutions in technology, quantum computing promises to revolutionize problem-solving and to do so at speeds that are unimaginable for classic computers we know. However, this technological advancement also poses a significant threat to our current cryptographic systems and algorithms that underpin how the world protects and verifies information.

These days, blockchain providers find themselves in an interesting position—you have a revolutionary service to offer, but the market is still coming around to it. You need a way to validate your product so they will. Luckily, there is something you can do—you can take the initiative to acquire a SOC report.

When pursuing a SOC 2 examination, a popular first step for many organizations—particularly those just stepping into the world of compliance for the first time—is the SOC 2 readiness assessment. But for those first-timers who don’t know what to expect from such a process, it might help to have a primer.

As you may remember, when Tom Sawyer was asked to paint a fence, he ended up outsourcing the job and even got his chosen “vendors” to pay him for the privilege. What was an assigned chore ended up being done by others and turning a profit for Tom.