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How A DFARS Gap Assessment Helps You Evaluate Security

How A DFARS Gap Assessment Helps You Evaluate Security

June, 2021 | Foster Charles

Keeping up with the demands of compliance is a constant challenge, especially for companies operating in a highly regulated sector like the Defense Industrial Base. DFARS 252.204-7012 compliance, [...]

DFARS 252.204-7012: Are the Safeguards for Your IT Systems Enough?

DFARS 252.204-7012: Are the Safeguards for Your IT Systems Enough?

June, 2021 | Foster Charles

Every business faces a unique set of risks across a number of key domains. If your company stores, processes, or transmits controlled unclassified information (CUI) in the capacity of a defense [...]

DFARS Clause 252.204-7012: Is Your Personnel Security Up to Par?

DFARS Clause 252.204-7012: Is Your Personnel Security Up to Par?

May, 2021 | Foster Charles

There’s a wide range of cybersecurity tools that organizations can use to reduce the risks of data compromise. However, there’s an equally wide variety of cyberthreats, and staying ahead of these [...]

DFARS 252.204-7012: What are the best ways to protect media and CUI?

DFARS 252.204-7012: What are the best ways to protect media and CUI?

May, 2021 | Foster Charles

The DFARS 252.204-7012 clause sets high standards governing the protection, sanitization, and secure destruction of controlled unclassified information (CUI). Compliance is mandatory for any [...]

DFARS 252.204-7012: Why a Proactive Incident Response Plan Is Crucial

DFARS 252.204-7012: Why a Proactive Incident Response Plan Is Crucial

May, 2021 | Foster Charles

Organizations should not wait for a security incident to happen before developing an incident response (IR) plan. Some organizations, however, neglect to develop an IR plan due to plain old [...]

DFARS 252.204-7012: Could a lack of training be putting you at risk?

DFARS 252.204-7012: Could a lack of training be putting you at risk?

May, 2021 | Foster Charles

Most people still think of cybersecurity as a technical challenge and that only the IT department needs to worry about it. This widespread misconception is exactly the reason why employees are often [...]

DFARS 252.204-7012: How effective are your access controls?

DFARS 252.204-7012: How effective are your access controls?

May, 2021 | Foster Charles

Access control is one of the fourteen groups of information security requirements specified by the NIST 800-171 standard. The standard aims to set a baseline for controlling access to any sensitive [...]

A Guide to New and Proposed HIPAA Regulations: What to Expect

A Guide to New and Proposed HIPAA Regulations: What to Expect

April, 2021 | Foster Charles

It's been several years since the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was last updated, with the most recent changes being those pertaining to the Omnibus Rule in [...]

5 HIPAA Compliance Tips to Help You Stay Compliant

5 HIPAA Compliance Tips to Help You Stay Compliant

April, 2021 | Foster Charles

The healthcare industry is the biggest target for cyberattacks because protected health information (PHI), which healthcare organizations handle on a daily basis, is extremely valuable. According to [...]

A Guide to HIPAA IT Certification: 5 Things You Need to Understand

A Guide to HIPAA IT Certification: 5 Things You Need to Understand

April, 2021 | Foster Charles

In 1996, the federal government introduced the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to protect employees and their families from losing their health coverage when changing [...]

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