Compliance and Standards
Achieve and Maintain Cloud Compliance: Expert Consulting for ISO 27001, SOC 2, & HIPAA
COMPLIANCE AND STANDARDS
Maintaining compliance in the cloud can be complex. There are numerous regulations that can apply to corporate data stored in the cloud. From healthcare to retail, many industries require certain compliance regulations be followed.
Features and Benefits
Cloud Governance Model Principles
Compliance with policies and standards
Alignment with business objectives
Collaboration
Change management
Dynamic response
These regulations can dictate how you handle personally identifiable information (PII), protected health information (PHI), payment card information, and other regulated data.
Cloud compliance consists of the procedures and practices that ensure that a cloud environment complies with governance rules. In other words, when you build a compliant cloud environment, your environment conforms to one or more specific sets of security and privacy standards.
Those standards could be established by a government agency, as is the case with compliance frameworks like the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). They could also be an industry standard, like the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Or, they could be internal governance policies that a company establishes for itself.
FAQ
Cybersecurity refers to the technical controls and processes implemented to protect systems and data from threats. Compliance is the process of demonstrating to a third-party auditor that your cybersecurity practices meet the specific requirements of a recognized standard, such as ISO 27001 or SOC 2. Security is what you do; compliance is how you prove it.
The timeline varies based on a company's maturity, but a typical SOC 2 Type 2 readiness assessment and audit process takes between 6 and 12 months. Our expert consulting services can help streamline this timeline by identifying gaps early and managing the project from start to finish.
The primary benefits include building critical trust with customers, unlocking enterprise sales opportunities that require certification, improving your internal security posture, significantly reducing the risk of costly data breaches, and meeting contractual or regulatory obligations.
Absolutely. While it requires a dedicated effort, the ISO 27001 standard is designed to be scalable. A key role of a consultant is to help scope the Information Security Management System (ISMS) appropriately for your business size, focusing on the most critical risks and controls to make the process manageable and cost-effective.