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How Threat Intelligence Builds Shared Responsibility in Cybersecurity

Recent high-profile incidents, such as attacks in the retail sector or the closure of KNP following a devastating breach, have pushed cybersecurity onto the boardroom agenda. However, as it rises in visibility, a fundamental misunderstanding persists about how protection works. Responsibility for security is frequently concentrated on a few individuals.

What The New CMMC Rules Mean For DoD Contractors

If your organization does business with the U.S. Department of Defense, or plans to, you need to know about a major change that just went into force. CMMC, or Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, is the Department of Defense’s standard for ensuring contractors meet basic cybersecurity requirements. It was designed to protect sensitive government data across the entire defense supply chain. As of November 2025, CMMC is no longer optional.

Navigating Workspace Compliance: Best Practices for Enhanced Security

Staying compliant is essential for protecting your organization from unexpected costs and reputational damage. As regulations grow more complex, businesses must ensure consistent adherence to security and data protection standards. With the rise of hybrid and remote work, solutions like Acronis Protected Workspace provide a secure, controlled environment designed to help organizations meet evolving compliance needs with confidence.

From Compliance to Cyber Resilience: The Real-World Benefits of DLP

For many organizations, data loss prevention (DLP) has historically been viewed through the narrow lens of compliance. Regulations like PCI DSS, HIPAA, and GDPR forced companies to prove they had controls in place to protect sensitive information. DLP was the obvious answer—a way to prevent credit card numbers, Social Security information, or personal health data from leaving the organization in unauthorized ways. In that framing, DLP was deployed to satisfy audits, not reduce risk.

What Happens If You Lose Your FedRAMP Authorization?

We’ve talked a lot about the process a business goes through to achieve FedRAMP authorization and the ability to work with a government department or agency. What about the other side of the coin? What happens if you lose that authorization? Depending on how and why, the consequences can range from minimal to dire, so it’s important to know and be prepared.

Safeguarding Patient Data in Medical Transportation: Closing the Cybersecurity Gaps

Non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) sits at the intersection of healthcare, logistics and information technology. While the core job seems simple-bring patients to medical appointments and take them home safely-it involves sensitive health data, GPS tracking, scheduling, billing and communication between dispatchers, drivers, facility staff and patients.

Ensuring API Testing Meets Compliance: Policies, Performance, and Proof

APIs sit at the center of modern applications. They move data between systems, power mobile apps, and enable integrations at scale. Naturally, they are also a focal point for regulators, auditors, and attackers. Most organizations today do test their APIs. Yet many still struggle during audits. Not because testing didn’t happen, but because it wasn’t consistent, governed, or provable. Compliance frameworks don’t ask whether you ran an API scan.

6 Ways to move from security questionnaires to self-serve trust

In this session of the Strategic CISOs webinar series, Sravish Sridhar (CEO, TrustCloud) sat down with Myke Lyons (CISO, Cribl) and Jon Zayicek (Customer Security Assurance Leader, Cribl) to break down how Cribl built a customer trust program that helps buyers self-serve proof, reduces questionnaire drag, and gives security a clear line of sight to pipeline and ARR. Cribl has turned customer assurance into a revenue accelerant, and that posture has produced great results.

Expert Roundup -How to Prepare for AI Data Processing Under GDPR?

As AI adoption accelerates across business functions, December’s expert roundup focuses on a question many organizations are now confronting in practice rather than theory: how should companies prepare for AI related data processing under GDPR. Unlike traditional automation, AI systems often rely on large, dynamic datasets, continuous learning, and opaque decision logic.

How Modern Businesses Are Strengthening Operations While Reducing Security Risks

The line between operational efficiency and cybersecurity has never been thinner. Every system you implement, every process you streamline, and every partner you onboard creates potential vulnerabilities that threat actors are eager to exploit. Yet standing still isn't an option. Businesses must scale, automate, and optimize to remain competitive. The key lies in choosing solutions and strategies that strengthen your security posture while improving operations.

How to Deliver Personalized Content Using IP Geolocation API

An intuitive grasp of customer needs is one of the most garish and trendy components of marketing excellence. Forward-thinking companies are proactively integrating next-gen platforms and tools. A prominent example of this trend is the adoption of IP geolocation services-a logical choice given today's market demands. McKinsey studies show that more than 70% of users are deterred by non-personalized content, which makes them feel frustrated. With a Geo API, you'll build a harmonious and credible connection with your audience through giving them context-aware content exactly when it matters most.

Acceptable use policy template guide for powerful compliance

An Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is a strategic compliance tool that protects people, data, and systems while setting clear expectations for technology use. A well-crafted AUP turns subjective norms into measurable rules that everyone in the organization can follow, helping mitigate legal, security, and operational risk. By standardizing acceptable behavior and linking usage rules to broader governance and risk management objectives, companies create shared understanding and accountability across teams.

Internxt Achieves SOC 2 Compliance

Internxt is proud to announce that we have successfully achieved SOC 2 compliance, emphasising our continued dedication to security and privacy. By achieving this milestone, SOC 2 certifies that Internxt meets the needs of users regarding the controls of Internxt relevant to security, availability, and processing integrity of users’ data and the confidentiality of this information.

Regulatory Compliance & Data Tokenization Standards

Organizations across finance, healthcare, retail, and especially AI-driven sectors are facing increasing pressure from global regulators. The rapid expansion of AI, the growth of cross-border data flows, and the rise of new privacy frameworks all contribute to a landscape that demands more structure and accountability. In this environment, regulatory compliance and data tokenization are becoming inseparable.

Get Ready for CMMC Enforcement: Essential Steps to Secure CUI

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) introduced its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program in early 2020 to strengthen cybersecurity across the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) and ensure that contractors handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) meet strict cybersecurity standards defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

FedRAMP Audit Log Retention Rules and Storage Options

Every cloud service provider that seeks an authorization to operate with the federal government using the FedRAMP framework has to undergo and pass an audit. Beyond passing the audit, the CSP needs to keep and maintain proof of not just their external audit, but also internal audits, continuous monitoring results, and more.

Navigating the World of Crypto: Understanding Regulation and Compliance

It's safe to say that crypto has come a long way, ever since its inception. Back in the day, when it was introduced to the world, hardly anyone was taking it seriously, and it was perceived as nothing more than a decentralized alternative to conventional cash. However, things have radically changed in the meantime, and the only thing that can be concluded is that this landscape has evolved a lot, attracting not only businesses and investors, but also regulators and governments.

12 Benefits of Switching to Cloud-Based HR Solutions

As organizations adapt to evolving workforce expectations, regulatory demands, and competitive pressures, many are re-evaluating how their HR operations are managed. Traditional on-premise and manual HR systems often struggle to keep pace with modern business needs, leading to inefficiencies, data silos, and limited visibility.

The top 6 AI security trends for 2026-and how companies can prepare

AI is changing the threat landscape faster than organizations can respond. AI-generated phishing and fraud have increased sharply year-over-year, and GenAI is enabling more sophisticated cyber attacks than ever before. ‍ Businesses are feeling the pain. Our team at Vanta surveyed 2,500 business and IT leaders across the globe and found that nearly three-quarters believe AI threats are outpacing their ability to manage them.

Compliance Requirements That Make Cybersecurity Training Essential

Cybersecurity threats continue to evolve, but one constant remains: human error is still one of the leading causes of data breaches. As a result, cybersecurity training has become more than a best practice-it is increasingly a requirement driven by regulations, insurance providers, and industry standards. Organizations that fail to properly train employees not only expose themselves to cyber risk but may also fall out of compliance with critical legal and contractual obligations.

Why No Two CMMC Assessments Feel the Same

With the final CMMC program Rule now codified in 32 CFR Part 170, the DoD has activated its companion acquisition rule in 48 CFR, making DFARS 252.204-7021 enforceable as of November 10, 2025. This date marks the start of Phase 1 of the DoD’s rollout. From that point forward, contractors handling FCI or CUI must meet the CMMC level specified in their solicitation and maintain a current CMMC status filed in SPRS to remain eligible for contract award.

From compliance to culture: An MSP's guide to driving real security awareness with threat intelligence

In times of geopolitical and economic instability, no organization would consider running without backups, additional support, clear end goals, and company-wide communication. Within business, the wisdom of strength in numbers and power in unity is widely understood. However, when it comes to its cybersecurity, a critical pillar that reputation, safety, and resilience rely upon, the opposite often happens.

How security leaders can safely and effectively implement agentic AI

2025 began with experts warning about the dangers of agentic AI use—but that didn’t slow adoption. Our annual State of Trust Report shows that nearly 80% of organizations are either actively using or planning to use agentic AI. That acceleration is outpacing the governance required to keep these systems safe: ‍ ‍ A level of machine autonomy that would’ve been unthinkable just a few years ago is quickly becoming normalized.

Bridging the Global Cybersecurity Language Gap: How MachineTranslation.com Empowers Security Professionals

In today's hyperconnected digital world, cybersecurity isn't local, it's global. Criminals and nation-state attackers operate across borders, publish in multiple languages, and exploit ambiguities that arise when technical details get lost in translation. Meanwhile, defenders rely on timely threat intelligence, vulnerability disclosures, compliance guidance, and incident response playbooks, often issued in dozens of languages by vendors, cybersecurity agencies, CERTs, and independent researchers.

Vanta announces the availability of two multi-product solutions in AWS Marketplace

We’re excited to announce the availability of two multi-product solutions in AWS Marketplace today. ATG and Vanta: Fast Track to Compliance Acceleration, along with Digital Trust Accelerator with Cognisys & Vanta to allow organizations to easily discover, try, test, buy, and deploy—as well as manage—thousands of software solutions. This new drop includes pre-built AI agents and ready-to-integrate tools, all in one place. ‍

The Future of E-Commerce Payment Processing Worldwide

E-commerce is now central to how you sell. Still, cross-border growth often exposes familiar pain points: you juggle multiple payment providers, wrestle with unfamiliar regulations, and watch customers abandon full carts when their preferred payment method is unavailable or too slow. At the same time, you need to control fraud, reconcile data across channels, and keep checkout fast and trustworthy on every device. In this environment, choosing an international payment gateway that can handle global reach, local expectations, and rising risk is becoming one of the most important strategic decisions you make.

Top 12 ISO 27001 Certified Pentest Companies in India (2026, Expert Reviewed)

In 2024, India recorded over 369 million malware detections across >8 million endpoints, making it one of the most targeted nations within the Asia-Pacific region. If you are dealing in ISMS, ISO 27001 is one core certification that defines the grit and robustness of your internal security posture, offering your investors and regulators credibility that drives your market value.

Cyber Hygiene and Compliance: Why You Need More Than Just Best Practices

Over the years, corporate digital infrastructure has grown in terms of both complexity and scale. As a result, cybersecurity has become increasingly critical within organizations. However, despite this reality, it’s often basic mistakes that leave companies exposed. That’s why it’s always good practice to go back to the fundamentals.

What New Changes Are Coming to FedRAMP in 2026?

One thing is certain: every year, the cybersecurity threat environment will evolve. AI tools, advances in computing, the growth of high-powered data centers that can be weaponized, compromised IoT networks, and all of the traditional vectors grow and change. As such, the tools and frameworks we use to resist these attacks will also need to change. While in some years, the evolution of protection is slow and steady, some promise larger shakeups.

GRC Engineering for Revenue Acceleration | TrustCloud

How to build a Customer Assurance and Continuous Control Monitoring Program that earns customer trust. Join us for a practical and insightful conversation on how transparent security and compliance posture sharing , high-confidence AI-assisted security questionnaire completion, and continuous control monitoring (CCM) translate directly into customer assurance, revenue acceleration, faster sales cycles, and higher buyer confidence.

CMMC Level 1 & 2 Compliance Guide: Endpoint Security & Access Control

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is more than a checkbox, it’s a mandatory requirement for contractors doing business with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). In both Level 1 and Level 2, endpoint security, device control, and monitoring play a critical role in preventing unauthorized access and data leakage of Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).

Why AI Privacy is a Competitive Advantage (Not Just Compliance)

In most startups building or using AI, privacy often gets treated like a checkbox that legal or security will “handle later.” That mindset quietly kills deals, scares off enterprise buyers, and limits your access to the very data your models need. Here is the truth that more founders and CTOs are embracing. Privacy makes your product easier to buy, models better to train, and business more valuable.

Unlock resilient risk management strategies for 2026 success

Resilience is not a metric. It is the ability of an organization to anticipate, absorb, and adapt to disruption without disintegration. In 2026, risk management will be less about identifying what might go wrong and more about designing systems that endure what inevitably will. The pace of change has erased the illusion of stable baselines. Risk is dynamic, spreading faster through digital ecosystems, third-party dependencies, and regulatory uncertainty than most governance models were built to handle.

CMMC Compliance Checklist: A Simple Guide for DoD Contractors

CMMC 2.0 is now a primary requirement for any business looking to work with the U.S. Department of Defense. This standard outlines the guidelines that companies need to follow to protect government data and the steps they must take to remain eligible for DoD contracts. Some companies can understand and follow these guidelines, while others find them confusing due to the involvement of controls, documentation, audits, and security practices.

Best Tools for Automated GDPR Compliance Monitoring

Most websites today are more complex than their owners realise. A single page can load a mix of analytics, pixels, and vendor scripts, all shaping how personal data flows through the browser. And because GDPR now treats this browser activity as processing, it becomes part of the compliance picture even when it comes from third-party tools. Which means regulators naturally expect organizations to understand this activity as it happens.

CVE-2025-55182: The critical React RCE and the hidden risk in your supply chain

‍On December 3rd, the React team disclosed a critical security flaw in React Server Components known as CVE-2025-55182. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this issue is extremely severe. React and Next.js are the backbone of the modern web. Consequently, this vulnerability likely sits deep within your third-party vendor ecosystem in addition to your own codebase.

How strategic CISOs turn AI risks into competitive advantages

As the flurry of excitement over fresh AI innovation begins to fade, risk leaders, heads of GRC and CISOs have a new challenge to tackle. Regulators, customers, and boards are all asking harder questions about how AI is used, secured, and audited. For CISOs, AI governance is now a board-level expectation. Some organizations will be able to confidently show their measured and documented approach to AI governance.

DLP Compliance Guide: Meeting HIPAA, GDPR, & PCI Requirements

Compliance and data protection are inseparable in today's digital-first world. With increasing regulatory scrutiny, expanding privacy laws, and growing customer expectations around data stewardship, organizations can no longer afford to treat compliance as a checkbox exercise.

Beyond security theater: How automated trust closes the AI readiness gap

‍ AI is transforming businesses at breakneck speed—but security isn’t keeping up. ‍ According to Vanta’s State of Trust Report 2025, which surveyed over 2,500 business and IT leaders around the world, 3 in 5 say AI-related security threats are outpacing their expertise. With a majority of organizations experiencing threats weekly, AI is not just driving the volume, but the precision of these attacks.

ISO 27001 Statement of Applicability Common Errors

Part of the process of achieving ISO 27001 certification is creating the fundamental documents necessary to outline and prove your security. One of those fundamental documents is the SoA, or Statement of Applicability. The statement of applicability is a rundown of all of the ISO 27001 security controls, and a discussion of whether or not that control applies to your business.

Ep 1. Building DORA Ready Defenses

In this premiere episode of The Cyber Resilience Brief, we dive into the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) — and why its impact goes far beyond Europe. Host Tova Dvorin is joined by Adrian Culley and David Murray from SafeBreach to break down what means for financial institutions, insurers, and ICT providers worldwide. The session covers: Listen now for actionable insights on evolving from incident response to instant anticipation, staying ahead of attackers, and meeting tomorrow’s regulatory demands today.

Server Side XSS Explained Simply with Examples

Did you know that over 30% of all web application vulnerabilities reported each year involve Cross Site Scripting (XSS)? And among them, Stored or Server Side XSS is consistently ranked as one of the most dangerous forms, because a single injected payload can silently impact hundreds or even thousands of users without any interaction.

Stop Gambling on Compliance: Why Near100% Recall Is the Only Standard for AI Data

LLMs, agents and retrieval‑augmented models are increasingly being adopted for product analytics, customer support and decision‑making workflows. With that scale comes exposure: AI privacy and security incidents incidents involving customer PII are more common than ever and becoming a compliance issue. Let’s look at the statistics: These underscore the importance of robust guardrails and why relying on privacy tools with mediocre recall is a gamble.

From manual to intelligent: How the Vanta AI Agent transforms compliance work

Since the launch of the Vanta AI Agent, teams using the Vanta AI Agent are saving an average of four hours a week—time they can reinvest in building, shipping, and scaling securely. ‍ According to a recent Vanta customer survey, 91% of Vanta AI Agent users say it’s improved their audit readiness, and 86% report faster audit preparation overall. Teams had less manual work, fewer last-minute scrambles, and more time to focus on meaningful security improvements. ‍ ‍ ‍

Why Data Transformation Techniques Are Essential for Security Intelligence

In today's digital world, the amount of data generated by organizations is growing at an unprecedented rate. Every day, businesses, governments, and individuals produce vast streams of information, from financial records and customer interactions to logs from security systems. While this data holds incredible potential for insights, it is often raw, unstructured, and scattered across multiple sources. Security intelligence, which relies on accurate and actionable information to detect threats and make informed decisions, cannot function effectively without proper preparation of this data.

The next five minutes of compliance: building identity-first data security across Asia-Pacific & Japan

I’ve been meeting with customers across APAC, and a clear pattern is emerging: privacy laws are tightening, timelines are shrinking, and boards are asking tougher questions. The takeaway is simple: progress isn’t optional. Here’s the headline: Netwrix is leaning into Asia-Pacific with identity‑first data security so organizations can meet the letter of the law and actually reduce risk in the real world. Our philosophy is simple: data security that starts with identity.

How to Maintain PCI Compliance Across Hundreds of Payment Pages

When you’re operating with just five payment pages, PCI feels predictable. Not because controls are simple, but because the variables are contained. It’s simple math. You know the pages. You know the scripts. You know how often they change and who owns each one. So the environment is small enough that nothing surprises you, and predictability becomes the default. But then, your organization grows. New products, regional variants, A/B experiments, and acquisitions all add up.

The Australian startups guide to ISO 27001

Not sure whether your Aussie startup needs to obtain an ISO 27001 certification? ISO 27001 isn’t legally required, but if you plan on trading internationally or have potential customers who are international, many organisations won’t even open conversation with you if you don’t have an ISO 27001 certification. ‍ To put a long story short: if you collect, store, transmit, or process data in any way, you may want to consider it.

What is SOC 2 and why Australian startups need it

Your next customer is going to ask about how you store and keep data safe. Are you ready to answer? ‍ Australian startups are increasingly aware of the importance of appropriate data security measures, and building trust as an up-and-coming SaaS couldn’t be more important. ‍ Despite popular belief, SOC 2 isn’t just for big enterprises. Larger customers, investors, and partners will be looking at seed and series A and B startups to verify proof of trust.