Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Financial institutions are robbed in innumerable ways. Gunmen conduct physical attacks on bank branches; people commit credit card fraud; hackers attempt to break into ATMs and force them to spit out thousands of dollars, while other threat actors seek to bypass these small-scale incidents and go for millions via a cyberattack. After all, why steal a couple of thousand dollars, pounds, or Euros if you can attempt to blackmail an organization for millions, steal and sell its data, or a little bit of both?

Any app collecting, processing, or storing protected health information (PHI) must be HIPAA-compliant to ensure ongoing operation without regulatory setbacks. This means that if your organization operates in the health tech industry, it must adhere to the requirements mandated by the regulation. ‍ Due to HIPAA’s broad scope and interpretative nature, the requirements may seem challenging without a clear compliance roadmap, leading to inefficient workflows and incomplete adherence to the rules.

A major investor services firm recognized that it required expert support to meet the deadline for complying with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), the EU regulation that aims to improve the cybersecurity and operational resilience of financial services firms.

Any company that processes payments knows the pain of an audit under the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Although the original PCI DSS had gone through various updates, the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) took feedback from the global payments industry to address evolving security needs.

This past month, the Vanta team launched new features to help you: ‍

The robustness and reliability of an organization’s infrastructure are paramount in an evolving digital landscape. Effective infrastructure monitoring ensures seamless operations, preemptively identifies potential issues, and maintains optimal performance. As technology leaders, understanding and implementing comprehensive monitoring strategies is crucial to sustaining business continuity and achieving strategic objectives.

Organizations handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) need to comply with NIST SP 800-171 Revision 3, a set of cybersecurity requirements developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). These guidelines apply to non-federal organizations, including private companies, defense contractors, and businesses in regulated industries, that process, store, or transmit CUI.

NIST Special Publication 800-53 revision 5 provides a comprehensive set of security and privacy controls to help organizations manage risk effectively. These controls are widely adopted by federal agencies and private organizations to enhance cybersecurity resilience. Compliance with NIST SP 800-53 r5 helps organizations strengthen their security posture, mitigate cyber threats, and ensure regulatory compliance.