ISO published an updated version of ISO 27701 in October 2025, and the change is bigger than a routine revision. The standard is now a standalone certification. Previously, an organization
When CMMC Phase II certification paused, a lot of defense contractors understandably read that as license to pause their compliance work too. That’s a reasonable reaction to a confusing announcement, but it misreads
Defense contractors are running out of runway on compliance deadlines that are no longer theoretical. CMMC requirements are landing on real timelines. Enterprise and government buyers want certification evidence before
Cloud service providers (CSPs) pursuing federal customers need more than internal security claims; they need independent assessment evidence that federal agencies can review as part of the authorization process. A
Most vendor relationships get re-evaluated somewhere along the way: a contract renewal triggers a review, a budget cycle prompts a comparison, someone asks whether you’re still getting what you’re paying for. PCI DSS QSA relationships often don’t get
The PCI DSS conversation almost everyone has before signing is about the assessment itself: scoping, evidence, sampling, the ROC or SAQ. The conversation almost nobody has ahead of time is
At some point in your PCI DSS assessment, your QSA is going to tell you they didn’t test everything, and that’s normal. No assessment tests every system, document, or physical location in your environment.
Somewhere in your PCI DSS vendor research, you’ve probably assumed a QSA is a QSA, one credential, one standard of rigor, interchangeable between firms. It’s an understandable assumption, and it’s not quite right. PCI SSC recognizes two
Every PCI DSS QSA buyer’s guide reads roughly the same way. Confirm credentials. Check capacity. Ask about turnaround. Make sure they’re qualified for your merchant level. It’s a good checklist. It’s also missing something: nobody tells you how to
Connected devices have become part of everyday business operations. Smart sensors monitor facilities, medical devices support patient care, industrial controllers help run production environments, and connected cameras or access systems
Most vendor relationships get re-evaluated somewhere along the way: a contract renewal triggers a review, a budget cycle prompts a comparison, someone asks whether you’re still getting what you’re paying for. FedRAMP 3PAO relationships often don’t get that
The FedRAMP conversation almost everyone has before an ATO is about the assessment itself: scoping, evidence, testing, the Security Assessment Report. The conversation almost nobody has ahead of time is
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