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Audit Bliss: MSPs Turning Compliance from Burden to Benefit

Audit Bliss: MSPs Turning Compliance from Burden to Benefit

May, 2024 | Charles IT

In regulated businesses, compliance audits are a necessary aspect of operations for organizations across various industries. These audits, aimed at ensuring adherence to regulatory standards and [...]

Cybersecurity in Manufacturing: Safeguarding Digital Assets

Cybersecurity in Manufacturing: Safeguarding Digital Assets

May, 2024 | Charles IT

In an era where manufacturing companies are increasingly reliant on technology, cybersecurity has become a cornerstone of operational resilience. With automation, IoT devices, and interconnected [...]

Acquisition Advantage: MSPs Simplifying Compliance for Expanding SMBs

Acquisition Advantage: MSPs Simplifying Compliance for Expanding SMBs

May, 2024 | Charles IT

In today’s modern business world, compliance with industry regulations has become a critical factor for success, especially for Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs) looking to expand their [...]

Navigating Change: MSPs as Compliance Guides in Shifting Regulations

Navigating Change: MSPs as Compliance Guides in Shifting Regulations

February, 2024 | Charles IT

Are you a small to medium-sized business (SMB) leader inundated with acronyms such as HIPAA, FINRA, CMMC, and SOC 2? Do the ever-changing regulations and evolving cybersecurity threats cause you [...]

Which CMMC 2.0 Level Is Right for Your Company?

Which CMMC 2.0 Level Is Right for Your Company?

January, 2023 | Foster Charles

In January 2020, the US Department of Defense (DoD) launched the first version of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC 1.0) framework. This framework was created to ensure that [...]

CMMC Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Explained

CMMC Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Explained

January, 2023 | Foster Charles

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is a set of guidelines for implementing cybersecurity measures across Department of Defense (DoD) contractors. CMMC was designed as a supplement [...]

Why Security Awareness Training Is Essential for CMMC Compliance

Why Security Awareness Training Is Essential for CMMC Compliance

February, 2022 | Foster Charles

The US Department of Defense (DoD) works with over 100,000 companies and their subcontractors that are part of the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) sector. This sector “enables research and development, [...]

How Dark Web Monitoring Can Help Achieve CMMC 2.0 Compliance

How Dark Web Monitoring Can Help Achieve CMMC 2.0 Compliance

February, 2022 | Foster Charles

On November 4, 2021, the US Department of Defense (DoD) announced a massive revamp of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC 1.0) program. The new framework, dubbed CMMC 2.0, aims to [...]

How Encryption Can Help Keep Your Organization Compliant

How Encryption Can Help Keep Your Organization Compliant

February, 2022 | Foster Charles

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) guides organizations in building and strengthening their cybersecurity posture into manageable chunks. Apart from specifying controls that every [...]

Backup & Disaster Recovery's role in the CMMC framework

Backup & Disaster Recovery's role in the CMMC framework

February, 2022 | Foster Charles

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework is the basis for Department of Defense (DoD) efforts to safeguard controlled unclassified information (CUI) across its vast worldwide [...]

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