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IT SECURITY COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT

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What Is IT Compliance Management and Why Is It Important?

IT compliance management is a set of services that enable you to meet the digital data protection standards that apply to your business. These requirements are set by state, federal, and international laws, industry regulations, and company policies. 

As a key part of your risk management strategy, our compliance services ensure that your IT infrastructure protects your sensitive data – fulfilling your regulatory obligations and strengthening your security posture.

Business Implications
  • Shield your sensitive information against unauthorized access.
  • Keep you up-to-speed on your industry’s data regulations.
  • Help you identify & reduce financial losses, operational disruptions, reputational damage & more.
  • Build trust & enhance stakeholder confidence in your data security.

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IT Security Compliance Essentials

With new data privacy regulations, increased audits and enforcement measures, and strengthened third-party risk management requirements, you need a dynamic IT security compliance solution. The bundled services in our CoreComply product provide continuous assessment, expedited support and response, cost savings, and more.

CoreComply

Our CoreComply solution acts as a force multiplier, efficiently streamlining comprehensive compliance processes.

We dedicate a Coretelligent team member as your virtual chief information security officer to provide strategic consulting and planning. With a background in cybersecurity and technical expertise in compliance platforms (like Hyperproof and Coalition Control), your vCISO continually self-educates on your compliance needs and strategy.

Starting with a holistic outline of all the ways your organization could fail to meet your regulatory compliance obligations, we identify the existing gaps between your organization’s current compliance program status and your ideal future state. We then lay out the strategies you need to execute in order to reach your organizational goals and objectives as efficiently as possible.

Our services incorporate best-in-class governance, risk, and compliance platforms like – 

  • Hyperproof – SaaS designed to help you conduct audits, assess and mitigate potential risks, and continuously manage your compliance program. 
  • Coalition Control – SaaS that uses open-source intelligence and automation to monitor your external cyber hygiene and that of the third parties you do business with. Enables teams to automatically prioritize risk issues discovered based on issue severity and the value of the systems at risk.

We also utilize powerful controls frameworks, including CIS, SCF, NIST CSF, and more.

We help author and revise written governance, including policies, standards, and due diligence documents. Supported by detailed reporting, we ensure you have accurate documentation for audits and assessments.

To mitigate compliance breach impact, we create detailed plans for rapid incident resolution. We also stand up employee training to raise compliance program awareness, engaging your teams in exercises that prepare them for their roles in specific scenarios like ransomware attacks.

CoreComply

Our CoreComply solution acts as a force multiplier, efficiently streamlining comprehensive compliance processes.

Weighing the Impact of IT Security Compliance

From adding up potential financial losses to estimating resources and work hours consumed, the numbers around IT security compliance help emphasize its urgency, complexity, and importance.

$220,000*

Average additional cost incurred in data breaches where non-compliance is indicated as a factor.

56%†

Percentage of risk and compliance professionals who say “Identifying and Assessing Risk” is how they spend the majority of their time.

35%‡

Percentage of risk leaders who point to compliance and regulatory risk as the greatest threat to their company’s ability to grow.

73%❡

Percentage of business and cyber leaders who agree that cyber and privacy regulations are effective in reducing their organizations’ cyber risks.

*IBM, Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023
†Thomson Reuters, 2023 Thomson Reuters Risk & Compliance Survey Report
‡PwC, CRO and risk management leaders: Latest findings from PwC’s Pulse Survey
❡World Economic Forum, Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2023

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FAQs About IT Compliance Management

Need help explaining IT compliance management to a colleague or other stakeholder? Start here.

Businesses who need IT security compliance solutions include any and all that store digital data – none are exempt. And while the exponential growth in new data-driven technologies like AI makes IT compliance a universally important concern for all organizations, this is especially true for the following:

  • Finance – Banks, investment firms, and other financial institutions.
  • Healthcare – Hospitals, clinics, and healthcare providers handling patient data.
  • Legal Services – Law firms dealing with confidential client information.
  • Companies with Sensitive Data – Those whose businesses involve personal identification information, intellectual property, or financial records.

Adhering to IT security compliance is crucial for these sectors to protect against breaches, avoid legal penalties, and build trust with customers and stakeholders.

The requirements for IT compliance are specific to your organization’s industry, regulation, and location – not only where you’re based, but also where your customers are – so the answer starts with knowing which ones apply to your business. For example, the IT compliance requirements for a U.S. financial services company that also conducts business in Australia and Europe will be very different from a professional services company that only operates in California. 

As knowledge professionals, reputable IT compliance service providers maintain a thorough understanding of the latest standards and regulations to holistically protect their customers’ businesses. They are your go-to resource for understanding your specific compliance obligations.

An example of IT compliance is implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in healthcare. HIPAA requires providers to protect patient health information using multiple IT measures, including:

  • Data Encryption – Encrypting patient data both in transit and at rest to ensure unauthorized parties cannot access it.
  • Access Controls – Implementing strict user authentication and authorization measures to ensure that only personnel with the proper permissions and credentials have access to sensitive health information.
  • Audit Trails – Maintaining records of who accesses patient data, when, and for what purpose in order to track the flow of information and detect any unauthorized access.
  • Data Integrity Measures – Ensuring that patient data is not altered or destroyed in an unauthorized manner.
  • Regular Risk Assessments – Conducting periodic assessments to identify potential vulnerabilities in the IT infrastructure and taking corrective actions.
  • Employee Training – Providing training to all staff members about their roles and responsibilities in protecting patient information and the proper use of IT systems.
  • Incident Response Plan – Having a plan in place to respond to data breaches or other security incidents, including notification procedures.

In this case, IT compliance entails following stringent regulations for patient health information’s confidentiality, integrity, and availability and applying technical and organizational measures for compliance.

The difference between IT security and IT compliance is that while IT security focuses on protecting information and systems from cyber threats, IT compliance is about adhering to external regulatory and legal requirements. 

Although these concepts are closely related, differences become clearer if you think about each one in terms of four key areas: focus; scope; proactive nature; and strategy and implementation. 

IT Security

  • Focus: The primary goal of IT security is to protect information systems and data from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction. It’s about safeguarding data and systems against cyber threats and breaches.
  • Scope: Includes a wide range of practices and technologies designed to secure networks, computers, programs, and data from attack, damage, or unauthorized access. This involves measures like firewalls, antivirus software, intrusion detection systems, and encryption.
  • Proactive Nature: IT security is proactive and is constantly evolving to defend against new and emerging threats. It requires organizations to continuously monitor and update their security measures.
  • Strategy and Implementation: Involves strategic planning for security, such as implementing security policies, conducting risk assessments, and adopting best practices for data protection.

IT Compliance

  • Focus: The primary goal of IT compliance is adherence to laws, regulations, guidelines, and specifications relevant to the organization’s operations. It’s the process of meeting a set of predefined requirements imposed by external entities.
  • Scope: Includes ensuring that the IT environment and business operations comply with industry standards (like ISO 27001), legal requirements (such as GDPR, HIPAA), and internal policies.
  • Reactive Nature: Compliance is often reactive, driven by the need to conform to specific regulations and standards. It includes regular audits and reporting to demonstrate compliance with regulatory bodies.
  • Standard and Regulation Alignment: Involves aligning IT practices and procedures with specific regulatory requirements, which might include implementing specific controls, maintaining documentation, and undergoing periodic external audits.

The goal of security compliance is to ensure adherence to standards, regulations, and guidelines set by governments, industries, or internal policies designed to safeguard data and information system integrity, confidentiality, and availability. All of that boils down to this: compliance is about getting businesses to protect data. From a practical standpoint, its main objectives include:

  • Protecting Sensitive Data – Compliance mandates typically involve safeguarding sensitive information such as personal data, financial records, and health information, preventing unauthorized access and data breaches.
  • Maintaining Trust and Reputation – By complying with security standards, organizations demonstrate their commitment to data protection, which helps you maintain customer trust and a positive reputation.
  • Avoiding Legal and Financial Penalties – Non-compliance can result in legal actions, hefty fines, and other penalties. Compliance helps you avoid these consequences.
  • Ensuring Business Continuity – Security compliance often involves having robust disaster recovery and incident response plans, which are crucial for maintaining business operations in the event of an attack.
  • Enabling Secure Business Practices – By adhering to compliance standards, organizations can ensure secure data handling and processing practices, which are a vital part of safely conducting modern business activities.
  • Meeting Customer and Market Expectations – Many customers and business partners demand that organizations comply with certain security standards as a precondition for engagement, making compliance a market requirement.
  • Minimizing Risk – Compliance helps in identifying and mitigating risks associated with cyber threats, data breaches, and other security incidents.

Security compliance is an essential component of an organization’s broader cybersecurity and risk management strategy, safeguarding against a wide array of cyber threats and vulnerabilities.

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