It was September 20, 2017, BostonCOMPLY was participating with a partner at a seminar in Groton, CT co-sponsored by CONNSTEP and the SBA addressing DFARS and the fast-approaching NIST 800-171 implementation deadline of December 31, 2017. What happened? In truth, very little. Was it a waste? Yes and no. Had we skipped the event, we […]
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TOTAL RECALL
Let’s Be Clear, It’s All About The Details While the media and government officials advance unending banter around recalls and recounts on a daily basis, many businesses are facing a much greater threat – a TOTAL RECALL. Typically, recalls associated with food, packaging, automotive, medicinal drugs, and more, have certain impacts, examples being – Tylenol […]
Is Any Company Safe? FireEye Gets Burned
One of the world’s largest security firms, FireEye, was hacked, and the tools FireEye uses to test the networks of its customers were stolen. Like Symantec, Trend, Kaspersky, RSA and Bit9 before them, it just proves that no business is exempt from individual bad actors, Nation-States, or any other group around the globe. In fact, […]
What do CVS, Mass General Hospital and Raytheon Have in Common?
We often hear questions about what similar things have in common. Finding similarities is part of how we perceive and understand our world and the things within it. We compare cars, houses and even look for common traits of planets and solar systems. These are all fun and often lead to engaging conversation. Here is […]
Millenniums of Proof – Pillars Lead to Longevity
3 Pillars of Compliance: Compliance is not typically top-of-mind until it cripples your business. Our most common prospect calls at BostonCOMPLY come from anxious suppliers who are being threatened to have their contracts cut off, POs frozen or having revenue clawed back because they can’t prove they are meeting agreed-to compliance demands of their customers […]
Obstacles to Business CCPA Compliance
In October of 2019, the data security software company Egress surveyed security professionals about their plans to become compliant with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The legislation became law on January 1st of this year, but at least half of US companies are still struggling to comply. Why is this? The Egress survey found […]
