Ever seen those jugglers that manage to balance multiple spinning plates at the same time? As impressive as it is, you figure you’d be happy to spin just the one plate successfully. For cloud service providers (CSPs), you have lots of different proverbial compliance “plates” to choose to channel your effort into—the trick is knowing the differences and which is best for you.

Famed baseball player and possessor of a great name, Yogi Berra, once said, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”

When you eat out, the optimal experience is to have both a nice time and to eat quality food. If you had to choose, your meal likely means more—you trust the chef with your order and deliver something scrumptious. But it’s also important that you receive great service from the hostess and waitstaff—both together make you happy as a customer.

The below blog, originally dated January 26, 2023, has now been updated as the cited IAF MD 26 was updated on February 15, 2023. IAF MD 26 Issue 2 resulted in the following main changes that are now also detailed further within this article (ordered in terms of importance)

When making decisions about the kind of compliance your organization needs, the process can be akin to creating an ice cream sundae (albeit, less fun).

They say, “X marks the spot,” but in compliance, that’s not always a good thing.

Thanks to the advent of Google Maps, we have the option to check our travel time before we depart for a destination.

Chances are, if you know anything about our space program, you know that when we send a manned mission beyond our atmosphere, those astronauts remain in constant communication with their fellows back at Mission Control.