The 2021 Complete Guide to FedRAMP Authorization

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Federal agencies are quickly adopting new and more advanced IT and security technologies to facilitate their work. This fact, in turn, means that they are turning to vendors that probably use the cloud in some way to provide those services. SaaS applications, cloud storage, and the demand for analytics and insight are making cloud real estate a hot commodity for these agencies. That’s why the federal government, coordinating through federal technical guidelines and laws, requires Cloud Service Providers to adhere to the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, or FedRAMP before providing services to partner agencies.

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Cybersecurity and PCI DSS eCommerce for Online Transactions

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Online shopping has ballooned in 2020. While most consumers have been moving to online purchases for years, the onset of COVID-19 has kickstarted a huge shift to online shopping across several industries. That’s why businesses that may never have normally considered online transactions are fielding new ways for their customers to engage with them through eCommerce functionality. That kind of online shipping will almost inevitably allow customers to make purchases with credit cards, which will mean PCI DSS eCommerce compliance. 

Here we discuss the importance of understanding the sea change in online transactions, and how your organization can start to think about PCI DSS compliance for those transactions even if you’ve never accepted them before. 

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The Impact of COVID-19 on SOC 2 Attestation

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COVID-19 has changed how we work, and as the first third of 2021 comes and goes many IT and cloud companies have adapted. However, companies that still need to undergo SOC 2 attestation, or who still have not done so for one reason or another, might find the current challenges of auditing and compliance under pandemic restrictions intimidating. 

Here, we’ll discuss an overview of some of the challenges that might come up during SOC 2 attestation during COVID-19. Rather than seeing these challenges as hopeless, we believe that, with the right security partner, they are easily dealt with as part of getting back to business. 

 

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