Regulatory Compliance
NSA's IT compliance programs are based on industry standards and
years of development. For most organizations, the first challenge
is understanding the requirements imposed by the regulation of the
contracts they currently have in place (as in the case of
PCIDSS).
In general, compliance means conforming to a rule, such as a
specification, policy, standard or law. Regulatory compliance
describes the goal that corporations or public agencies aspire to
in their efforts to ensure that personnel are aware of and take
steps to comply with relevant laws and regulations.
Due to the increasing number of regulations and need for
operational transparency, organizations are increasingly adopting
the use of consolidated and harmonized sets of compliance controls.
This approach is used to ensure that all necessary governance
requirements can be met without the unnecessary duplication of
effort and activity from resources.
Our IT compliance methodology whether for HIPAA, PCI/DSS, or ISO
consists of the following steps:
- Education - interpreting the standard in the context of your
unique business environment & risks
- Assistance in closing compliance gaps
- Formal compliance assessment
- Communication - a Compliance Statement for organizations to use
with third parties to demonstrate their compliance with the
standard or regulation
- Annual compliance update
We help our clients interpret the particular regulation or
standard within the context of their unique business model and help
them understand what it means to comply. We then work with
organizations to identify pertinent compliance gaps and provide
practical recommendations to close those gaps.
Once those gaps are closed, NSA will return to perform a
rigorous compliance assessment and document the company's success
in a format to be shared with relevant third parties.
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