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IT Compliance Advisor
IT Compliance Advisor is the blog companion to SearchCompliance.com, which examines strategic issues that are important to IT professionals who manage governance, risk management and compliance infrastructure and operations.
Recent Posts
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SheHacks hackathon at BU promotes female tech advancement
- Community Member 16 Feb 2018 -
Being Cyber Essentials certified will help prep for GDPR
- Assistant Site Editor 09 Feb 2018 -
Alphabet unveils cybersecurity company, Chronicle
- Assistant Site Editor 31 Jan 2018
For 36 hours during the last weekend in January, more than 1,000 attended one of the largest women's hackathons ever at SheHacks Boston. SheHacks Boston organizer Natalie Pienkowska said that the ...
With enforcement of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the offing, organizations are busy preparing for a new era in privacy regulation. But UK companies that are Cyber Essentials ...
There is a new moonshot in cybersecurity, and Google's parent company is calling it Chronicle. Alphabet's cybersecurity business unit launched last week and plans on selling cybersecurity services ...
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Cybersecurity professionals struggle to make their job a priority
- Assistant Site Editor 15 Dec 2017 -
Cybersecurity insurance only a piece of data protection strategy
- Assistant Site Editor 30 Nov 2017 -
Government, business cybersecurity cooperation still faces roadblocks
- Assistant Site Editor 14 Nov 2017 -
Risk mapping key to security, business integration
- Assistant Site Editor 31 Mar 2017 -
The case for multi-vendor certifications
- Senior Site Editor 22 Dec 2016 -
GRC news roundup: Russian hacking allegations persist
- Editorial Assistant 19 Dec 2016 -
Trump presidency raises questions for regulatory compliance
- Editorial Assistant 01 Dec 2016
Despite recent high profile data security incidents, it seems business leaders still are not acknowledging their IT vulnerabilities: In a recent cybersecurity study, 20% of survey respondents cited ...
Cybersecurity incidents remain a growing risk for the enterprise in today's digital world. As a result, an organization's cybersecurity strategy usually isn't just about prevention anymore, but ...
Panelists speaking at a session titled Right Hand, Left Hand: Transparency, Communication and Conflict at the recent Cambridge Cyber Summit agreed that the government and private industry must ...
InfoSec should start talking to the business in the language of security risk,Tom Kartanowicz, head of information security at Natixis, North America, told the audience at the recent CDM Media CISO ...
For information technology professionals, obtaining certifications have become an important way to demonstrate their knowledge, experience and qualifications. Although certification programs are ...
After the U.S. was allegedly plagued by Russian cyberattacks during the election, members of both the Democratic and Republican parties are now calling for investigations. Also in recent GRC news: ...
The future of regulatory compliance is under scrutiny as President-elect Donald Trump's administration continues the transition process. Also in recent GRC news: Hackers demanded ransom after ...
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Flexibility, speed needed for corporate data protection
- Assistant Site Editor 30 Nov 2016 -
Now is the time to ante up on IoT security
- Assistant Site Editor 22 Nov 2016 -
GRC roundup: Trump's transition team looks to dismantle Dodd-Frank
- Editorial Assistant 17 Nov 2016 -
FCC privacy restrictions could hinder AT&T's targeted ad plan
- Editorial Assistant 03 Nov 2016 -
Lack of records management maturity puts PHI, PII at risk
- Assistant Site Editor 31 Oct 2016
In today's threat-filled environment, money is not always a hacker's prime motivation. They could be driven by political reasons or just want to embarrass organizations. But irrespective of their ...
The massive DDoS attack on Oct. 21 was a harbinger of bad news, according to cybersecurity expert Bryce Austin. It is a prime example that the IoT makes cybercriminals increasingly capable of ...
Will President-elect Trump's transition team follow through on promises to get rid of Dodd-Frank compliance regulations? Also in recent GRC news, tech companies urge Trump to back encryption; and ...
New privacy rules passed by the FCC could influence AT&T's plans for its acquisition of Time Warner. Also in recent GRC news, the internet of things proves useful to hackers and privacy ...
Records management is more vital than ever to business success, but not enough organizations care about it, according to Rick Tucker. To prove it, Tucker, vice president of sales and marketing at ...