Security and compliance has a major role in every organization. Businesses are nothing without the trust and loyalty of their customers, and for many companies — from early-stage startups to multinational corporations — winning that trust starts by demonstrating that you have the correct security controls in place. Internationally-recognized compliance standards, such as ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, and SOC 2, make up the industry-standard goals that most businesses and organizations pursue.

On April 28, 2022, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) published the CERT-In_Directions_70B_28.04.2022 — a new document that imposes strict requirements on service providers, organisations, and cybersecurity teams. The new directions caused many controversies, leading to CERT-In publishing two supplemental documents: frequently asked questions on cybersecurity directions and No. 20(3)/2022 CERT-In.

We have entered the era of data compliance laws, but regulations have not quite caught up to the level of risk that most organizations are exposed to. Uniting security and compliance is crucial to maintaining regulation standards and ensuring a secure environment for your business. Digital transformation and the rollout of new digital tools are moving faster than the speed of litigation. For example, many industries are utilizing connected IoT tools that significantly increase attack vectors.

NIST SP 800-161 revision 1 outlines a cybersecurity framework for mitigating security risks in the supply chain. NIST SP-800-161 is a subset of NIST 800-53, a broader cyber risk mitigation framework that’s foundational to most cybersecurity programs. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) designed NIST 800-161 to improve cyber supply chain risk management for all U.S federal agencies.

IoT has emerged as a concept in the early 2000s. Since then, this technology has been adapted to facilitate more innovative building technologies and improved security strategies. It looks like IoT is here to stay and will be the future of building technology and security. According to Statista, there are currently 3.65 billion IoT-connected devices worldwide.

With the deadline to comply with CMMC expected in May 2023, many in the Defense Industrial Base are scrambling to understand how to comply, the tools they need to comply, and the cost to comply. It’s a lot to get right, and there’s a lot riding on it—companies will need to comply if they want to do business with the DoD. That’s why we’ve developed a series of blogs, checklists and other assets to help contractors manage the complexity.

‍NIST Special Publication 800-53 sets an exemplary standard for protecting sensitive data. Though originally designed for government agencies, the framework has become a popular inclusion in most security programs across a wide range of industries.

Global information technology (IT) spending on devices, data center systems/software, and communications services reached $4.26 trillion in 2021 and is expected to increase to around 4.43 trillion U.S. dollars at the end of 2022. With this new, skyrocketing growth, organizations face complex new compliance and IT security challenges in how data and information are stored.