SOC 2 is required for companies that store or process sensitive information. So if your company is a SaaS or cloud services provider, you’ll need to be SOC 2 compliant. Besides, achieving a SOC 2 certification is a good business practice that proves your company’s reliability and commitment to data security.
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) took effect in 2020. This means that if you are a company that somehow interacts with personal data of California residents, it’ time for your business to iron out your CCPA compliance strategies. Otherwise, you are at risk of being fined from $2500 up to $7500 for each violation of the law.
As your business moves into the cloud, compliance regulations must be your top priority.
An extremely important compliance regulation today is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
It has been over two years since the European Union’s new privacy law – the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – became a game-changer for business all over the world. And yet, AIIM states that 50% of companies know almost nothing about GDPR, not even speaking about being GDPR compliant.
Shadow IT is an emerging threat to your business, especially as organizations migrate to the cloud and embrace the application age in all its glory.
What is shadow IT? How does it pose a risk to your business and your data in the cloud? What can your organization do to effectively stop the threat that shadow IT poses to your environment? Let’s take a closer look.
Compliance is just a “nice to have” checkbox on an audit sheet that is not important for your business to worry about, right?
Wrong!
Before we jump into the explanation of how you can recover the deleted file in SharePoint, let’s quickly set something straight.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, also known as SOX compliance, is a set of legal requirements for companies. Ultimately, the goal of this compliance is to prevent fraud or misinterpretations in financial reporting. This act emerged as a response to financial scandals and the losses they have caused.
You and your business are now using the powerful world of cloud storage and cloud applications. Naturally, you show interest in cloud-to-cloud backup and try to understand the pros and cons of this venture for your business.
There is no question that businesses today are either currently migrating or looking to migrate to the public cloud. But while public cloud SaaS offerings provide tremendous benefits and functionality, there are also risks of cloud computing.