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Joseph Kirkpatrick / February 15, 2023
What Types of Risk Impact SOC 1 and SOC 2 Audits? SOC 1 and SOC 2 audits are largely impacted by various types of risk. During a SOC 1 and SOC 2 audit, an auditor will be focused on limiting the following types of risk: audit risk, control risk, and detection risk. So, how are those risks different? How to they affect an auditor while performing SOC 1 or SOC…
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Sarah Harvey / June 14, 2023
The components of every city’s public safety – law enforcement, fire, EMS – must perform their due diligence and meet best practices when creating effective cybersecurity strategies. Each department is targeted for different reasons, but each one impacts the safety of residents. You’d be surprised by how often cyber attacks against public safety happens and how little it’s talked about. Let’s take a look at five reasons why cybersecurity is…
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Sarah Harvey / December 16, 2022
Securing Financial Institutions Every business has an asset that they can’t bear to lose, and for financial institutions, those assets include money, financial information about consumers, and consumers’ personal data. Financial institutions need personal data in order to verify financial information and protecting all of that data is a responsibility. In this white paper, we’ll discuss four major areas of concern that financial institutions must take into consideration when securing…
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Joseph Kirkpatrick / February 15, 2023
During the initial scoping phases of an organization’s audit engagement, your auditor will partner with you to help you narrow down the third-party vendors to be included in your engagement. In order to ensure that your organization’s security posture is and remains strong, you need to consider the impact that the third-party vendors you’ve entrusted sensitive data with could have on your organization. This means that you’ll need to be…
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Joseph Kirkpatrick / February 15, 2023
Do You Need a Gap Analysis? If it’s your first time pursuing compliance for any framework - whether it’s SOC 1, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, etc. – we strongly recommend beginning your engagement with a gap analysis. At KirkpatrickPrice, we’re committed to helping our clients get the most out of their audit, which means that we don’t want you to fail due to lack of preparation. That’s why…
