Businesses in all industries face a constant barrage of threats and attacks. For government contractors (GovCons) handling sensitive information, ensuring robust security measures is paramount. A Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) can be a valuable partner in safeguarding your organization’s critical assets. In this section, we will explore what an MSSP is, why GovCons need one, how to choose the right MSSP, and the essential questions to ask before hiring one.
Defense contractors face increasingly sophisticated cyber threats that can compromise sensitive data and disrupt operations. To combat these risks, the Department of Defense (DoD) has implemented the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC).
The licensing partnership with the Navy will allow the Ignyte team to integrate SCAP with the existing open source ecosystem to bring the capability to a broader set of potential customers that serve the military.
Whether your org is about to begin its journey for SOC 2, or you’re planning to wrangle up more standards (think ISO 27001, CMMC, and HIPAA, to name a few), the set of tools and software you have in place can be make-or-break. We asked our customers what their recommended tools were, and compiled your shopping list for security and privacy program essentials. Tools or services marked with * denotes a partner or integration.
At the turn of the most recent century, the financial world was in a moment of unregulated growth, which lead to some serious corporate misdeeds in the United States. This presented the opportunity for two senators to enact a new law to ensure accurate and reliable financial reporting for public companies in the US. The result was the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002. But what does financial reporting have to do with cybersecurity and IT compliance?
In March 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a proposed rule, the Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure, that, if adopted, would require companies to disclose their cybersecurity governance capabilities and the role of the board concerning oversight of cyber risk.
Even before the fiasco at Silicon Valley Bank, financial institutions were under tremendous scrutiny from regulators. How could they not be? Banks are among the oldest known targets for theft, and in a digital age, the best way to extract money is going to be either straight cyber-theft from existing accounts or ransomware. IT systems that house customers’ financial data can be architected with the right security controls in place to protect that data to the highest standard.
