We leverage our experience and knowledge to deliver an effective and efficient IT security support and compliance services package.
Compliance and Security. What’s the Difference?
IT Compliance and IT Security are related but distinct. IT Compliance meets the demands of a third party, the SEC or FDA, for instance. IT Security meets the demands of the competitive environment, customer expectations, and the reality of the marketplace. Both IT Compliance and IT Security are essential. Miss on the former, you face potentially significant fines and penalties. Missing the latter, you face potentially losing customers, reputation, etc. IT Consulting can help small and medium-sized businesses meet this challenge.
COMMON COMPLIANCE AND SECURITY FRAMEWORKS
Like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA), some frameworks are specific to an industry. Others, like ISO 27001 or ISO 27002, are broad and can be adapted to various sectors. There is overlap in some frameworks. An astute IT compliance consulting team can find ways to create “crosswalks” that allow your company to demonstrate compliance with different regulatory standards without unnecessary duplication of effort.
HIPPA - The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
In 2018, Anthem paid $16 million for a massive record breach.
PCI-DSS - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
These guidelines include 78 base requirements, more than 400 test procedures, and 12 essential requirements.
SOX - Sarbanes-Oxley.
This federal law, which went into effect in 2002, established comprehensive auditing and financial recordkeeping and reporting regulations for corporations.
STRATEGIC CONSULTING PARTNERS
eMPiGO was a pioneer in offering Security-as-a-Service to small and medium-sized enterprises. Let our IT compliance consultants work with your team to develop an innovative and efficient compliance strategy and implement the processes that help you mitigate risk. Contact our team today to refine your IT security processes and meet all your contractual, statutory, and regulatory data obligations.
