Secrets to Selecting the Right SOC 2 Vendor

In this article, we condense unbiased, expert research from Fractional CISO highlighting: Three core SOC 2 challenges that software can help solve Nine key points to consider when evaluating SOC 2 software vendors   Few people know more about SOC 2 compliance software than Rob Black. As the founder of Fractional CISO, he has fielded Secrets to Selecting the Right SOC 2 Vendor

What Can and Can’t Be Automated for SOC 2

Everyone is searching for a simplified SOC 2 experience but there’s some confusion about what can and can’t be automated for SOC 2. It’s not something that can be 100 percent hands-free. Reducing your number of daily decisions is a form of automation. It’s how you streamline processes, limit distractions and save time and manpower. What Can and Can’t Be Automated for SOC 2

2021: A Year in Review

After plunging into the pandemic in 2020, people’s expectations for 2021 were not very high. COVID-19 was still running rampant, vaccine rollouts started and stopped too many times to count and after a year of remote work, no one could crack the code for which Zoom meetings could have been emails.  Maybe it was the 2021: A Year in Review

What Is HIPAA Compliance?

HIPAA is so hot right now. Everybody’s talking about it. And it seems like everybody’s an expert on it too. But don’t believe everything you’ve heard. Most of it is flat out wrong. For instance, vaccine passports aren’t a HIPAA violation. Nor are mask mandates. HIPAA doesn’t cover free speech, either (that’s the First Amendment, What Is HIPAA Compliance?

Introducing FFIEC Maturity Assessment Support

We all know financial institutions and credit unions need to be cyber secure. That’s not a surprise to anyone in 2021. But cybersecurity is a moving target and is often difficult to establish in organizations with numerous departments, processes and vendors. That’s why the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) built the Cybersecurity Maturity Assessment. Introducing FFIEC Maturity Assessment Support

The Best GDPR Toolkit and Checklist

In a world where data flows everywhere constantly, it’s important to check all the data protection and security boxes so we’ve put together some tips and tricks to help you build your own GDPR toolkit and checklist. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is widely used and mandatory in some regions.  Developed by the EU, The Best GDPR Toolkit and Checklist

Trust Part 2: Your Biggest Competitive Differentiator For Attracting and Retaining Top Talent

This article recaps our VP Customer Success, Chief Diversity Officer Sydney Archer’s virtual workshop of the same name at SaaStr Annual 2021. Read Trust Part 1: Your Biggest Competitive Differentiator With Customers and Investors. Prospects, candidates and VCs need to know you’re trustworthy before signing the dotted line. Because once they do, you become a Trust Part 2: Your Biggest Competitive Differentiator For Attracting and Retaining Top Talent

Trust Part 1: Your Biggest Competitive Differentiator With Customers and Investors

This article recaps the first part of our VP Customer Success, Chief Diversity Officer Sydney Archer’s virtual workshop of the same name at SaaStr Annual 2021.  Business trust incidents are on the rise and increasingly visible to everyone making trust an inescapable issue for companies. TechJury notes that globally, 30,000 websites are hacked daily and Trust Part 1: Your Biggest Competitive Differentiator With Customers and Investors

The State of the Tech Stack for SaaS SMBs: 2021 Insights and Highlights

Despite the pandemic (and, in some cases, because of it), software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies have seen rapid growth over the past few years, which means more investment in the tech stack. According to Forbes, revenues will increase from $200 billion in 2020 to $369.4 billion by 2024. As SaaS SMBs prepare for continued, accelerated growth, having The State of the Tech Stack for SaaS SMBs: 2021 Insights and Highlights

ISO 27001 Bootcamp Part 1: Scoping and Mandatory Clauses

Today, we’re kicking off installment number one of the highly anticipated ISO 27001 Bootcamp, where we’ll be talking about project scoping and implementing the ISO 27001 Mandatory Clauses. In this series, we’ll walk you through the entire ISO 27001 compliance process, including: Scoping your project and tackling the Mandatory Clauses (i.e. this one) Implementing the ISO 27001 Bootcamp Part 1: Scoping and Mandatory Clauses