What is Compliance?
Compliance is evolving and the pace of change is ever-growing, let us help you stay ahead with secure by design, strategic technology practices.
A Brief Overview Of Compliance
A compliance framework requires businesses to operate securely and ethically. Compliance requirements can be legally or industry driven, and a key focal point of compliance is data protection and ensuring data integrity. You may need to adhere to requirements in order to enter a new supply chain, such as the DoD’s supply chain through CMMC certification, or you may be legally obligated to enforce it, such as in the case of healthcare providers and HIPPA requirements.
The costs of non-compliance can be heavy and even fatal, and often correlate to a weak cybersecurity posture. Without compliant IT, a business is much more likely to suffer reputational, financial, legal and operational damages and headaches.
As a compliance solutions provider with expertise across IT and cybersecurity, TechSage help businesses to ensure continuity, peace of mind, and seamless compliance while empowering growth and productivity with the help of technology.
- We apply national and international standards
- We help to discover and remediate the gaps in your compliance
- We use best-in-class tools and systems to keep you secure
- We continuously evolve your IT and cybersecurity defenses to meet evolving standards.
Cybersecurity Frameworks: CMMC, CIS, NIST SP 800-171, ISO 27001
There’s a range of national and international cybersecurity frameworks that inform the security policies, processes and systems that businesses are using today. These frameworks enable businesses to enter and operate securely within industries with sensitive data protection and supply chain security requirements. Many such as the CMMC and CIS have tiers of certifiable standards that your business will need to meet in order to operate sustainably and avoid the heavy and sometimes fatal consequences of non-compliance.
Our team members have completed the rigorous Certified CMMC Professional course, dedicating hours of classroom work to deeply understand the nuances of CMMC requirements. This certification equips our team to guide clients through the CMMC certification process with confidence and precision.
CMMC Key Features and Level Comparisons
CMMC requires that companies entrusted with national security information implement cybersecurity standards at progressively advanced levels, depending on the type and sensitivity of the information. The program also sets forward the process for information flow down to subcontractors.
CMMC assessments allow the Department of Defense to verify the implementation of clear, well defined and documented cybersecurity standards. Once CMMC is fully implemented, most DoD contractors that handle sensitive unclassified DoD information will be required to achieve a particular CMMC level as a condition of contract award. This may be accomplished via a self assessment with attestation of compliance by a DoD contractor company CEO or third party assessment.
Cybersecurity Insurance Questionnaires
Cybersecurity insurance questionnaires are used by insurance companies to assess an organization’s cybersecurity posture and determine the risk level associated with insuring that organization. These questionnaires typically cover network security, data protection, incidence response, employee training, third-party management and regulatory compliance.
We assist clients in accurately answering and fulfilling the requirements of cybersecurity insurance questionnaires, mitigating risks, and ensuring access to competitive coverage and pay outs through maintaining policy compliance.
Typical Criteria
- Risk assessments
- Access controls
- Incident response plans
- Employee training
- Data protection
- Monitoring and logging
How TechSage Helps
- Tools for finding & mitigating risk
- Deploy MFA and RBAC systems
- Incident response planning
- User awareness training
- Data encryption
- SIEM solutions for monitoring
FTC Safeguards
The FTC Safeguards Rule, issued by the Federal Trade Commission, requires financial institutions to protect the privacy and security of their customers’ non-public personal information. The rule sets forth specific requirements for the development, implementation, and maintenance of comprehensive information security programs. The FTC have been evolving these requirements more rapidly in recent years, making the value of a compliance partner invaluable for FTC compliance.
Not only do our team have a deep understanding of these rules and regulations, we understand how to implement them to give you the business flexibility needed while keeping vital data safe and compliant.
Typical Criteria
- Information Security Policy (ISP)
- Perform risk assessments
- Access controls based on roles
- Employee security training
- Data protection
- Monitoring and testing systems
How TechSage Helps
- Create and maintain an ISP
- Use tools to evaluate risk
- Use MFA & role-based controls
- Regular user awareness training
- Encrypt data in rest & transit
- SIEM solutions for monitoring
PCI-DSS
For financial service companies and those accepting credit cards, we provide expert guidance to navigate the complexities of PCI-DSS regulations, ensuring that your practices not only comply with but exceed these standards.
Typical Criteria
- Secure network and systems
- Protect cardholder data
- Vulnerability management
- Strong access control measures
- Network monitoring & testing
- Information Security Policy (ISP)
How TechSage Helps
- Firewall & secure configurations
- Encryption for cardholder data
- Vulnerability scans & patches
- Deploy MFA & access controls
- SIEM solutions for monitoring.
- Develop and maintain an ISP
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IRS 4557
IRS Publication 4557, also known as “Safeguarding Taxpayer Data”, provides guidelines for those professionals dealing with tax data on how to protect taxpayer information and ensure data security. It outlines best practices and legal requirements, including physical security, electronic security, and employee management, to prevent data breaches and unauthorized access to sensitive information.
Typical Criteria
- Protect taxpayer data
- Risk assessments
- Strong access controls to data
- Security awareness training
- Information Security Plan (ISP)
- Ongoing security patches
How TechSage Helps
- Data encryption & monitoring
- Use tools to find & address risks
- Deploy MFA and access controls
- Regular user awareness training
- Create incident response plan
- Use continuous monitoring tools
NIST CSF
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) is a set of guidelines and best practices designed to help organizations manage and reduce cybersecurity risk. The framework provides a flexible and effective approach to improving cybersecurity through five core functions: Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover. It is widely used across various industries to enhance their cybersecurity posture and ensure resilience against cyber threats.
Typical Criteria
- Identify critical assets & risks
- Secure assets with safeguards
- Detect security events
- Respond to security events
- Recover from events
- Maintain business resilience
How TechSage Helps
- Asset & risk assessments
- Deploy MFA & data encryption
- Deploy a SIEM solution
- Maintain incident response plan
- Develop disaster recovery plan
- Regular security audits
New York Shield Act
The New York SHIELD Act (Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act) is a law designed to enhance data protection for New York residents. It mandates that businesses implement reasonable security measures to protect personal data and expands the scope of data breach notification requirements. The act applies to any business handling the private information of New Yorkers, regardless of where the business is located, and aims to prevent data breaches and ensure timely notification to affected individuals.
Typical Criteria
- Data security program
- Defined policies & procedures
- Technical safeguards for data
- Physical safeguards for data
- Regular risk assessments
- User security training program
How TechSage Helps
- Detailed data security policy
- Data access controls
- Firewalls, encryption, and IDS
- Physical security measures
- Regular vulnerability audits
- Regular user security training
California Consumer Privacy Act
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a state law that grants California residents new rights regarding their personal information. It allows consumers to know what personal data is being collected about them, access and request deletion of their data, and opt-out of the sale of their data. The CCPA imposes obligations on businesses to protect consumer data and provide clear disclosures about data collection and usage practices. It aims to enhance privacy rights and consumer protection for residents of California.
Typical Criteria
- Allow consumer access to data and ability to erase & modify it
- Consumer data protection
- Allow data collection opt-outs
- Maintain accurate records
- Comply with consumer requests
How TechSage Helps
- Channels to take data requests
- Systems to action data requests
- Encrypt consumer data & deploy user access controls
- Tools for accurate logging of requests and remediation
Facing a Compliance Challenge? Not Sure Where to Start?
Is your path to compliance looking daunting or uncertain? Need clarity and actionable insights from a team that are fluent in compliance and how that translates to IT? We’re here to help! Book a consultation and lite IT assessment today with John, TechSage’s CEO.
John will be happy to listen to your challenges, ask questions, and give clear guidance that helps you to move forward with clarity and confidence. Alongside this, our assessment will give you insight into your compliance and security posture and how that can be improved. A pathway to safeguarded success is ahead, and it all starts with an informal conversation!
