SecurityScorecard Blog: Compliance

A year ago, on 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law became enforceable. Across many industries, CISOs and senior management worried that the GDPR’s “least data necessary” collection requirements would gre... Keep Reading

Security and compliance often appear to go hand-in-hand these days. Problematically, many companies start with compliance then reverse-engineer security in a nearly futile attempt to protect data. In the payment card industry, the... Keep Reading

As of February 15, 2019, all Covered Entities and licensed persons who are not fully exempt from the Regulation were required to submit a Certification of Compliance. The document provides an attestation covering compliance for th... Keep Reading

A message from SecurityScorecard's VP of Compliance - Fouad Khalil - on the state of compliance in 2019. My 2018 predictions shed light on the 9.2 Billion total number of records lost or stolen since 2013. We predicted that this ... Keep Reading

Fouad Khalil, Head of Compliance at SecurityScorecard, reflects on the preparedness of organizations on the day GDPR officially goes into effect. ... Keep Reading

Without proper insight into cybersecurity, executives may make business decisions may have negative consequences for employees, customers, stockholders, and other stakeholders. One crucial decision-making area that executives must... Keep Reading

As the May 25, 2018 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enforcement date looms, the cloud hanging over information security and compliance professionals comes with a chance of penalties. Click to listen to the full web... Keep Reading

By Fouad Khalil With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) effective date around the corner (May 25, 2018), organizations are scrambling to make sure they’re ready. Research shows organizations are planning to spend anywh... Keep Reading

In 2016, there were more than 1,000 data breaches in the United States alone and more than 36 million records exposed, according to Statista. Given the prevalence of high profile breaches in 2017, last year was not any better. A... Keep Reading