One of the biggest snares of many compliance management tools is the ability to think you’re covered when you aren’t. You think you have what you need, but there’s no proof of it. Instead, the software lets you rely on your assumptions, and move onto the next item on the list. Many simplistic compliance management […]
I used to walk into annual engagements and discover that clients weren’t prepared. They hadn’t been doing the activities they were supposed to do throughout the year, and they had to answer tough questions in front of an auditor about why items weren’t completed. It’s a dreadful situation for everyone to be in. I didn’t […]
Most years end with a sense of nostalgia for the times we shared together, and begin with a sense of expectation for the year that will be. Funny the difference a year makes. I remember 2019 winding down with a great deal of optimism for the year ahead. 2020 held such promise — after all, […]
In the very early days you felt like you were standing at the bottom of an insurmountable mountain, but it finally happened. The day you have been dreaming of. Your organization has successfully achieved compliance. This is a special moment. Enjoy it. Savor it. Pat yourself (and the team) on the back. Actually, you should […]
If you’re getting serious about compliance for the first time — really facing it — you can feel lost and overwhelmed. There’s so much to do, and it isn’t clear where you should start or what the trail map looks like. Not only is the path forward unclear, you have no idea what lies ahead […]
At first, becoming HIPAA compliant appears deceptively simple. But once you start digging into it, you just want to get the medicine over with and move on. There’s no magic pill that will take away the pain of compliance, but there are some best practices that will give you greater control. The Tricky Thing About […]
How many hours do you think you spend each year just trying to get a sense of your compliance engagement’s current status? Hopefully, you’re having weekly status meetings with your compliance team. (If you aren’t, start this week!) To prepare for those meetings, you’ll need to know who has done what since last week, and […]
In the last ten years, customer privacy has become a hot topic that everyone is talking about and not enough are acting on. Meanwhile, customers are getting more distrustful and are quicker to switch vendors. Organizations can’t limit data protection to credit cards and intellectual property, anymore. If you aren’t actively protecting your customers’ personally […]
Just because TCT operates in the security and compliance space, that doesn’t mean that we’re a secure or compliant company, ourselves. In fact, it’s possible to find assessors or auditors who have a suboptimal understanding of the certifications they evaluate for. So we appreciate it when new customers ask us about our own approach to […]