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Sarah Harvey / June 13, 2023
When an entrepreneur sets out on a new business venture, there’s typically many things to take into consideration and many pitfalls to avoid. How will you raise the capital needed to get the company off the ground? Who will be a part of the team? What can you do to ensure that your products or services are ready for market? While all of these considerations are critical to the success…
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Sarah Harvey / December 16, 2022
Why Startups Need to Make Information Security Policies a Priority No matter what industry they’re in, startups are especially susceptible to cybersecurity attacks. This is largely due to financial reasons, as startups are far less likely to have the capital needed to implement robust information security management programs. Moreover, often times, startups neglect to place an emphasis on information security from the start because of a lack of understanding of…
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Sarah Harvey / June 14, 2023
When organizations come to us to pursue their information security goals, we make sure they know all the benefits of compliance accomplishments. This ranges from avoiding fines and answering to regulatory bodies to protecting and strengthening your business. What we want more organizations to take advantage of, though, is leveraging information security as a competitive advantage. How do you do that? How Can You Use Information Security as a Competitive…
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Sarah Harvey / June 14, 2023
Are you a merchant, service provider, or sub-service provider who stores, processes, or transmits cardholder data? Going through a PCI audit for the first time? Your organization will need an individual who can help you maintain PCI compliance and provide you with a high-quality PCI audit. Who can do that? A Qualified Security Assessor (QSA). In fact, a QSA is the only individual who can deliver a PCI RoC for…
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Sarah Harvey / December 16, 2022
In most healthcare settings, third parties are relied upon to provide secure offerings to assist covered entities in providing quality, secure healthcare services. Covered entities ultimately bear the responsibility of validating their third party security standards, however, covered entities often times still fall short in ensuring that business associates guard protected health information (PHI) against advancing cybersecurity threats. In one of the most recent cases, Quest Diagnostics, one of the…
