SecurityScorecard Blog: Compliance

In an effort to provide a unified cybersecurity standard for the private contractors to the Department of Defense (DoD), this past March, the DoD released the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). Specifically, CMMC i... Keep Reading

Consumers are increasingly sharing sensitive data with companies in exchange for convenience. For this reason, organizations have a growing responsibility to avoid breaches and safeguard user data. As a result, many laws and regul... Keep Reading

Compliance is a key component to any cybersecurity program, however, due to the complex nature of laws and regulations, ensuring compliance is often very difficult for organizations. As non-compliance often results in considerable... Keep Reading

Cybersecurity and privacy professionals may be dubbing 2019 as the “Year of Privacy.” As with previous years, the industry faced multiple data breaches that negatively impacted millions of individuals globally. As we drive towards... Keep Reading

The Brazilian Data Protection Act - known as the Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais (LGPD) - will come into effect in August 2020. The LGPD is designed to regulate the collection, use, processing and storage of personal data ... Keep Reading

The holiday shopping is right around the corner, but unfortunately Black Friday isn’t just an opportunity for shoppers and retailers — it’s also an opportunity for cyber criminals. According to ACI Worldwide, fraud attempts by bad... Keep Reading

As a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), your job includes knowing everything about cybersecurity, particularly your own company’s. A security compliance framework makes it so that all of your data, your clients’ data, and ... Keep Reading

SecurityScorecard’s compliance tab within our security ratings platform is an important tool for customers who may be working in regulated industries. By mapping any cyber issues we find across our 10 factors to applicable require... Keep Reading

As legislative bodies continue to enact regulatory requirements reinforcing data privacy and security, the New York State legislature followed in the footsteps of several recent laws, including the General Data Protection Regulati... Keep Reading