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The UK's Cyber Action Plan marks the end of compliance-led security

The UK government's new £210 million Cyber Action Plan signals an important shift in how cyber risk is being addressed at a national level. Designed to strengthen cyber defences across government departments and the wider public sector, the plan establishes a new Cyber Unit and introduces stronger expectations around resilience, accountability and operational capability.

The 4 best Trust Center products for 2026

Accelerating security solutions for small businesses‍ Tagore offers strategic services to small businesses. A partnership that can scale‍ Tagore prioritized finding a managed compliance partner with an established product, dedicated support team, and rapid release rate. Standing out from competitors‍ Tagore's partnership with Vanta enhances its strategic focus and deepens client value, creating differentiation in a competitive market.

How LevelBlue's FedRAMP Authorization Removes the Burden of CMMC Federal Compliance from Clients

Navigating the labyrinth of the U.S. federal procurement system, especially for Defense Industrial Base (DIB) companies, can be challenging, particularly when trying to meet stringent cybersecurity compliance standards like the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC).

7 tabletop exercise scenarios every cybersecurity team should practice in 2026

The world of cybersecurity is experiencing a shift as adversaries continue to refine their techniques. In 2025, cybersecurity teams will confront a host of new challenges that demand proactive and adaptive responses. Tabletop exercises offer an excellent opportunity to simulate incidents in a controlled environment, allowing teams to evaluate and improve their incident response plans.

Understanding AI Compliance When Choosing AI-Enabled Solutions

2001: A Space Odyssey introduced the world to HAL 9000, the fictional artificial intelligence (AI). HAL’s capabilities include everything from facial recognition to natural language processing and automated reasoning. As HAL malfunctions over time, the computer becomes violent to prevent the humans from disconnecting it. The story serves as a morality tale suggesting that without human oversight, AI is dangerous.

CMMC Assessments and C3PAOs: Preparing for Evolving Governance

As the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program transitions from its early rollout phase to full enforcement, the role of Certified Third-Party Assessment Organizations (C3PAOs) is under increasing scrutiny. Governance expectations are shifting, assessor variability remains a challenge, and contractors face growing pressure to prepare for consistent, fair, and predictable assessments.

The 5 best GDPR compliance software options for 2026

Accelerating security solutions for small businesses‍ Tagore offers strategic services to small businesses. A partnership that can scale‍ Tagore prioritized finding a managed compliance partner with an established product, dedicated support team, and rapid release rate. Standing out from competitors‍ Tagore's partnership with Vanta enhances its strategic focus and deepens client value, creating differentiation in a competitive market.

How Long Does PCI Certification Take?

PCI-DSS is one of the most widely used security frameworks around the world. Unlike frameworks like FedRAMP or CMMC, PCI-DSS is a global security standard, not a standard issued by the US Government. It’s the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, and it’s required for any business or entity that handles cardholder or authentication data. Merchants, payment providers, gateways, banks; they all need it.

Why Every Industry Now Needs Cybersecurity Leaders

Cyberattacks are no longer rare events that only affect large tech firms. Many businesses today face constant attempts to access their systems, steal data, or disrupt operations. Even in growing cities like Wilmington, NC, where small businesses, startups, and universities are expanding their digital presence, this risk is becoming part of everyday business reality. Many organizations still rely only on technical teams to handle security, but that approach often falls short. Decisions about risk, spending, and response need leadership involvement.

How to request security budget from your CFO and exec teams

Accelerating security solutions for small businesses‍ Tagore offers strategic services to small businesses. A partnership that can scale‍ Tagore prioritized finding a managed compliance partner with an established product, dedicated support team, and rapid release rate. Standing out from competitors‍ Tagore's partnership with Vanta enhances its strategic focus and deepens client value, creating differentiation in a competitive market.

GDPR Compliance Automation: What Can and Cannot Be Automated on Websites

Consent management platforms were a reasonable first answer to GDPR. Capture the choice, log it, and move on. For a while, that felt like compliance. It wasn’t. A logged preference and an enforced preference are two different things. When a user clicks reject all, the legal obligation isn’t just to record that click, but it’s also to ensure no tracking script executes after that. Tags, pixels, analytics calls, behavioral trackers, they all need to stop.

HIPAA + PCI for Healthcare Billing: Protecting Both PHI and Payment Card Data

When a patient logs into a billing portal, two of the most heavily regulated data types in the U.S. end up in the same browser session. PHI like health history, insurance providers, and diagnoses, renders right alongside the card entry fields they’ll use to pay. And with them load the third-party scripts that marketing manages. Analytics, heatmaps, A/B testing, conversion tracking. These tools are how growth teams optimize revenue and product teams improve the experience.

Cybersecurity Is Now an HR Issue, Not Just an IT Problem

As organizations become more digitally dependent, the traditional divide between cybersecurity and human resources is quietly dissolving. Cyber risk is no longer confined to firewalls and infrastructure, it lives in behavior, communication, hiring, and culture. The companies that recognize this shift are the ones building true resilience. Below are four expert perspectives that reveal how cybersecurity and HR are increasingly intertwined.

Gary Hibberd on InfoSec, GDPR and Owning Your Space

This episode explores why information security needs more wisdom, less noise and fewer empty promises about being “GDPR compliant.” It covers slowing down, valuing data properly, cutting through bad advice and why InfoSec professionals need to own their place as integral voices in modern organisations.  ⸻ For more information about us or if you have any questions you would like us to discuss email podcast@razorthorn.com. We give our clients a personalised, integrated approach to information security, driven by our belief in quality and discretion..

News: AI-native Security Assurance leads the GRC Transformation

Enterprise CISOs are being asked to do more than ever. Their role is now two-fold: protector of the business and enabler of its growth. They need to reduce risk across a vast and changing digital environment, protect the business, satisfy customers, and meet compliance requirements. What’s more, they want to showcase the positive impacts of their security program to executive leadership and the board and support the growth of their organization.

Best Business AV Partners for Secure, Compliant Deployments in 2026

Choosing a business AV partner is no longer just about screens, speakers, and room control. For enterprise, education, healthcare, government, and regulated commercial environments, the bigger question is whether an integrator can deliver systems that fit security rules, accessibility requirements, procurement standards, and long-term support needs.

New in Vanta | March 2026

Accelerating security solutions for small businesses‍ Tagore offers strategic services to small businesses. A partnership that can scale‍ Tagore prioritized finding a managed compliance partner with an established product, dedicated support team, and rapid release rate. Standing out from competitors‍ Tagore's partnership with Vanta enhances its strategic focus and deepens client value, creating differentiation in a competitive market.

DoD IL4 and IL5 Authorization Guide - Requirements and Readiness

One of the core pillars of the security perspective adopted by the Department of Defense is the so-called Zero Trust strategy. This strategy is the adaptation to evolving threats in the world, many of which prey on the presumption of trust from accounts and individuals that can be compromised. To protect controlled unclassified information and other sensitive data, the presumption of zero trust is necessary to eliminate many common threats.

Microsoft Purview Brings AI Readiness, Data Security, and Continuous Compliance

Microsoft Purview is a powerful platform, but power without expertise can lead to underutilization, misconfiguration, and missed opportunities. Across industries, organizations are grappling with a common set of challenges: The stakes are high. A single compliance incident can cost organizations between $100,000 and $5 million in fines and penalties. And that figure doesn't account for the reputational damage, operational disruption, and remediation costs that follow.

Secure Your Future with a Compliance-First AppSec Posture

If you treat compliance as a final hurdle before deployment, you are already behind. For years, organizations have viewed regulatory compliance as a box to check—a necessary evil that slows down development and frustrates engineering teams. The standard approach involves scrambling before an audit, manually aggregating data from spreadsheets, and patching vulnerabilities at the last possible minute.

Goodbye audit chaos, hello Calm-pliance

Accelerating security solutions for small businesses‍ Tagore offers strategic services to small businesses. A partnership that can scale‍ Tagore prioritized finding a managed compliance partner with an established product, dedicated support team, and rapid release rate. Standing out from competitors‍ Tagore's partnership with Vanta enhances its strategic focus and deepens client value, creating differentiation in a competitive market. Map controls. Remediate gaps.

Executive Tabletop Exercises: From Compliance Exercise to Revenue Protection Strategy

Executive tabletop exercises are commonly positioned as cyber incident rehearsals. They tend to focus on breach containment decisions, regulatory notification timelines, and communications planning. Those elements are necessary; however, they are not what ultimately defines the true risk to the enterprise and what keeps the C-suite up at night. For senior leadership and board members, a cyber event is first and foremost a business disruption.

Vanta Delivers: The TPRM Agent

Accelerating security solutions for small businesses‍ Tagore offers strategic services to small businesses. A partnership that can scale‍ Tagore prioritized finding a managed compliance partner with an established product, dedicated support team, and rapid release rate. Standing out from competitors‍ Tagore's partnership with Vanta enhances its strategic focus and deepens client value, creating differentiation in a competitive market.

The Essential Eight: The Foundation of Australian Compliance

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is the overarching agency that incorporates the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), the government’s technical cybersecurity authority. In 2018, the ASD became a statutory agency, assuming responsibility for the Computer Emergency Response Team Australia and the Digital Transformation Agency.

5 Key Benefits of Investing in Custom Control Room Consoles

Mission-critical operations don't wait. A utility grid goes down, a security breach unfolds, a transportation incident cascades, and the people in the room have seconds, not minutes, to respond correctly. That's the reality operators face every single shift. And here's something worth sitting with: the workstation they're sitting at either helps or hurts that response.

FERPA Compliance in Higher Education: Controlling Access to Student Data

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) has governed how universities handle student records since 1974. Fundamentally, FERPA is a federal privacy law that grants students the ability to exert some meaningful authority over their academic information. At the same time, it also assigns responsibility for the maintenance and safeguarding of student education records to the universities that maintain them.

How we centralize and remediate risks with Datadog Case Management

Proactively addressing risks in technical environments is a constant challenge. Many teams wait until it’s too late and key application functionality is disrupted or sensitive data is exposed. However, understanding risk severity in context can be difficult, especially in distributed systems where related issues and impacts may not be immediately obvious.

Scale CMMC services without delivery chaos using ComplianceAide and Acronis integration

By Randy Blasik, Founder, ComplianceAide The good news for managed service providers (MSPs) supporting defense contractors is that demand for Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and NIST 800-171 readiness services is surging. The downside, unfortunately, is that many MSPs have discovered that delivering compliance engagements at scale can be difficult and complex.

What security leaders need to know about zero trust identity management in 2026

The evolution of cybersecurity challenges and the rapid pace of digital transformation have led security leaders to focus increasingly on robust and adaptive security frameworks. Among them, zero-trust identity management has emerged as a cornerstone of modern security strategies.

Why We're Elevating the Compliance Conversation

Before the AI spectacle of RSA arrives, let’s talk about what actually keeps regulated organizations secure RSA is only weeks away. And if you’ve been paying any attention to the pre-conference buzz, or if you work in technology generally, you already know what it’s going to feel like walking that floor: artificial intelligence, everywhere, in everything. AI-powered detection. Autonomous response. Agentic security copilots in everything from threat monitoring to your morning coffee.

Building a CUI Enclave in SaaS: What CMMC Compliance Really Requires

Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) occupies an unusual position in the data security landscape. It's sensitive enough to demand protection, yet it doesn't meet the threshold for formal classification. As more organizations migrate operations to cloud infrastructure, the challenge of protecting CUI has become a defining issue for Software as a Service providers-particularly those serving government contractors or handling defense-related data.

SOC Audit Checklist for Cybersecurity Compliance

A SOC audit (System and Organization Controls audit) is an important part of making sure that security measures are strong and that regulations are followed in today’s security environment. Through SOC audits, companies can demonstrate their commitment to best security practices by ensuring the safety of sensitive data and smooth operations.

The best compliance audit software for 2026

Compliance audits that rely on manual, disconnected processes often turn into a scramble across spreadsheets, email threads, and unclear ownership. And for resource‑constrained teams, every hour spent chasing evidence or reworking controls is an hour not spent shipping products. ‍ In 2025, the right compliance platform can do more than prep you—it can help you run your audit end-to-end, from readiness to report, with real-time evidence and auditor collaboration built in.

What Triggers a FedRAMP Significant Change Request?

The power of FedRAMP comes from standardization. By setting a firm baseline and forcing cloud service providers to adhere to it if they want to work with the government, a certain mandatory minimum level of security is enforced. A key part of FedRAMP as a security standard is that it’s not a fire-and-forget system. Instead, it involves constant, active vigilance through a process called continuous monitoring.

Crypto Founders Face a Complex Compliance Maze as Global Regulations Tighten

The crypto industry has entered a new regulatory era. Governments and financial authorities across the world are introducing stricter rules that affect everything from licensing and custody to technology infrastructure and cross-border operations. For founders launching global platforms, navigating these frameworks has become one of the biggest operational challenges.

Meeting European Data Protection Standards in CRM Systems

If your business involves working with people in Europe, then it is likely that you are already familiar with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This system has revolutionized how businesses operate in regard to people's information since it was introduced. Not only does information need to be protected against breaches, but people's rights to their information must be respected. For most businesses, it is the CRM system that houses information. It is therefore important to ensure that your CRM system complies with these regulations in Europe. This is not just a technical requirement; it is a business imperative.

The best compliance management software for 2026

In 2026, compliance work shouldn’t mean chasing screenshots, living in spreadsheets, or chaotic fire drills to get compliant. If you’re still tallying up hours upon hours of compliance work, it’s time to find a compliance management software that helps you automate compliance, manage risk, and prove trust. ‍ Not sure where to start?

GDPR Compliance Cost in 2026

GDPR compliance cost in 2026 ranges from $25,000 for a lean startup to over $2,000,000 a year for a global enterprise. That is a wide range — and the wrong guess in either direction is expensive. Under-budget and you face enforcement gaps. Over-budget and you bleed cash on controls you never needed. This guide cuts through the noise.

Meet HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2, and NIS 2 requirements with Acronis Cyber Protect disaster recovery

You might feel sure that your organization can recover quickly from a cyberattack. But can you prove it? To remain compliant with major regulatory requirements, you have to be able to demonstrate recoverability. Compliance frameworks worldwide, including HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2 and NIS 2, are increasingly requiring that organizations prove they can recover from system disruption, cyberattacks and data loss quickly and reliably. In other words, recovery time must be auditable.

What Data Is Required for EU AI Act Compliance

The EU AI Act places significant emphasis on documentation because regulatory oversight depends on an organization's ability to demonstrate how its AI systems operate and how associated risks are managed. Compliance is not determined solely by how an AI system performs, but by whether the organization can provide evidence that appropriate governance, risk controls, and oversight mechanisms are in place throughout the system lifecycle.

Best GRC software solutions for 2026

The right GRC platform does more than help you check boxes. As compliance requirements grow and security threats become more complex, Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) software is essential for protecting your organization, enabling proactive risk management, and building stronger resilience. ‍ In this article, we review five of the best GRC solutions, highlighting their key features, strengths, limitations, and use cases, to help you pick the right tool for your organization. ‍ ‍

Third-Party BAA Checklist: HIPAA Requirements for Website Technology Vendors

For most of HIPAA’s history, PHI moved through known systems, between known parties, for known reasons. You provisioned access and audited behavior. The data flows remained observable, and so did the vendor relationships built around them. EHR vendors, billing platforms, and transcription services, you knew what each one touched because you handed it to them. Then the website became part of the care journey. With it came appointment schedulers, symptom checkers, patient portals, and intake forms.

Proving CCPA Compliance: Logs, Reports, and Runtime Evidence

CCPA used to audit your policies and paperwork. Then came the Sephora settlement, and things moved to logs, runtime, and network reports. The company’s privacy policy said it didn’t sell consumer data. California’s AG ran the site, watched the cookies and pixels fire, and found that in reality, they did. Healthline followed in 2025. Then Disney in 2026. Different companies, common findings. Data gets collected and shared with third parties via tags. GPC gets ignored.

Managing CMMC Risk Throughout Your Contract Lifecycle

CMMC enforcement is here. With DFARS clauses 7021 and 7025 now active across the defense industrial base (DIB), contractors face enforceable obligations that extend beyond prime contractors to every tier of the supply chain. While primes have received significant attention, subcontractors encounter distinct challenges in managing CMMC risk from pre-award decisions through contract execution and ongoing compliance maintenance.

What is zero trust security in SaaS applications? A practical implementation guide

Zero trust used to sound like yet another security buzzword. In SaaS environments, it has turned into something far more practical: a way to keep your business moving fast without assuming that anything or anyone is safe just because they are “inside” your systems. Zero trust in SaaS is about treating every login, every device, and every request as something you verify in real time instead of something you blindly trust because it passed a VPN check once.

Powerful crypto compliance: A clear guide to regulatory success

Cryptocurrency represents more than just a disruptive financial innovation; it’s a bold experiment in how value circulates. But beneath every blockchain transaction lies a complex web of regulation, fragmented jurisdictions, and growing scrutiny. Organizations today must navigate these challenges carefully or risk legal penalties, reputational harm, and operational setbacks. Across the globe, urgency around crypto oversight is intensifying.

Cybersecurity Compliance: Essential for Protecting Your Business Data

Cybersecurity compliance is not only a regulatory requirement but also a core business protection strategy. Businesses are under increasing pressure to prioritize data security as sophisticated cyber threats and increasingly stringent laws become more common. Following laws, standards, and best practices for cybersecurity compliance is important to keep private data safe from breaches and unauthorized access.

Ultimate Guide to Kubernetes and FedRAMP Compliance

Kubernetes is an extremely powerful tool for scaling, automating, and managing applications and systems. There’s a reason it has become industry standard, with over 80% of container-using enterprises running K8s, encompassing over 60% of enterprises in general. It makes sense that, sooner or later, Kubernetes users will need to contend with the FedRAMP framework and the security requirements necessary to maintain operations. Fortunately, this is generally a good thing.

5 Ways Managed Security Services Protect Small and Mid-Sized Businesses

Cybersecurity has become a major concern for organizations of every size. However, small and mid-sized businesses often face a unique challenge: they must protect their systems and data without the large internal security teams that many enterprises rely on. At the same time, cybercriminals increasingly target smaller organizations because they may have fewer resources dedicated to cybersecurity.

CryptoProcessing by CoinsPaid pilots crypto payments for physical retail stores

Cryptocurrency payments are increasingly expanding beyond online platforms and entering traditional retail environments. New payment technologies are making it easier for brick-and-mortar stores to accept digital currencies while maintaining the reliability and security expected in modern payment systems.

CCPA for Mobile Apps: SDK Tracking Risks and Compliance Gaps

In 2024, the California Attorney General established a new standard for mobile app compliance after securing a $500k settlement with Tilting Point Media, owing to misconfigured SDKs in one of their games that led to inadvertent CCPA and COPPA violations. The issue? The misconfigured SDKs silently caused sales and the share of children’s data without parental consent. And despite the company’s argument that the misconfiguration was unintentional, the AG’s response set a precedent.

Building for Compliance: Top 6 Essential LMS Features for Highly Regulated Sectors

In regulated industries, training gaps are rarely just a learning issue. They can become audit findings, safety incidents, or costly rework. The right LMS features help teams deliver consistent instruction, track completion, and prove adherence across roles and locations. This article breaks down what to prioritize, then compares several tools that support those needs in different ways. It starts with iTacit's permission-based AI Assistant for policy and SOP questions.

NIS2 Documentation Requirements: Policies You Must Have

NIS2 documentation requirements form the essential foundation of regulatory compliance — defining the documented controls that underpin NIS2 audit readiness and demonstrable cybersecurity governance. Yet in 2026, the landscape is shifting: documentation alone is no longer enough.

How to meet critical compliance regulations in pharmaceutical manufacturing

Pharmaceutical regulation relies on three core pillars: Maximum system availability, trustworthy data and rapid recoverability. With the right strategy, manufacturers can uphold them all. Operational technology (OT) systems such as SCADA, manufacturing execution systems, cleanroom controls, environmental monitors and laboratory automation are essential for maintaining validated, compliant and uninterrupted production. When those systems fail, downtime can result in enormous financial costs.

10 data governance best practices for compliance

Data governance best practices give organizations the documented policies, assigned ownership, and enforceable controls that auditors require. Without governance, compliance gaps emerge across access controls, retention enforcement, and audit evidence, creating exposure under GDPR, HIPAA, and SOX. Closing those gaps requires classification, accountability, continuous monitoring, and tooling that connects policies to evidence.

Compliance risk: A guide to assess and manage it effectively

Per PwC’s Global Compliance Survey 2025, 85% of organizations report that compliance requirements have become more complex over the past three years, increasing the risk of non-compliance and violations or fines. ‍ In the current age, compliance coexists with evolving vulnerabilities like unpredictable AI adoption and higher cybersecurity risks.

Banish Buddy Punching & Time Theft with Automated Facial Recognition Time and Attendance

Keeping track of employee time sounds simple until small inaccuracies start adding up. A few minutes here and there may not seem like a big deal, but across an entire workforce those minutes turn into real payroll costs. Many businesses discover too late that outdated time tracking methods leave plenty of room for mistakes and abuse.