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What is GRC? The rising importance of governance, risk, and compliance

CIO

As a result, managing risks and ensuring compliance to rules and regulations along with the governing mechanisms that guide and guard the organization on its mission have morphed from siloed duties to a collective discipline called GRC. What is GRC? GRC is overarching. Why is GRC important?

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PCI compliance: The best defense is a great defense

CIO

Not surprisingly, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance is crucially important. Compliance with PCI DSS v4.0 PCI DSS compliance is a robust defense that significantly mitigates the risks involved with all three. This begins with having the right goal for a PCI DSS compliance program, Philipsen notes.

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8 data strategy mistakes to avoid

CIO

Organizations can’t afford to mess up their data strategies, because too much is at stake in the digital economy. Unfortunately, the road to data strategy success is fraught with challenges, so CIOs and other technology leaders need to plan and execute carefully. Here are some data strategy mistakes IT leaders would be wise to avoid.

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The Importance of Security and Compliance in Enterprise Applications

OTS Solutions

However, as more organizations rely on these applications, the need for enterprise application security and compliance measures is becoming increasingly important. Breaches in security or compliance can result in legal liabilities, reputation damage, and financial losses.

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How to Avoid the Pain and Cost of PCI Compliance While Optimizing Payments

Speaker: P. Andrew Sjogren, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Very Good Security, Matt Doka, Co-Founder and CTO of Fivestars, and Steve Andrews, President & CEO of the Western Bankers Association 

PCI compliance can feel challenging and sometimes the result feels like you are optimizing more for security and compliance than you are for business outcomes. The key is to take the right strategy to PCI compliance that gets you both. In this webinar you will learn: The right approach to a Zero Data security platform.

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Beyond compliance: How to pick winning ESG strategies that make a splash

CIO

In many organizations, it informs every strategy, every activity, and many executives are now expected to craft plans as to how their domains will advance it. Its strategy? Gone are the days when ESG was advanced from within by a band of social advocates braving the current of traditional business thinking. CIOs are no exception.

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4 hidden risks of your enterprise cloud strategy

CIO

Moreover, most enterprise cloud strategies involve a variety of cloud vendors, including point-solution SaaS vendors operating in the cloud. When performing whatever minimal due diligence the cloud platform permits — SOC reports, GDPR compliance, PCI ROC, etc. That’s where the contract comes into play.

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The Unexpected Cost of Data Copies

Unfortunately, data replication, transformation, and movement can result in longer time to insight, reduced efficiency, elevated costs, and increased security and compliance risk. What to consider when implementing a "no-copy" data strategy. How replicated data increases costs and impacts the bottom line.