Penetration Testing for Compliance: Achieving SOC 2, PCI DSS, and HIPAA

Because of increasing threats, high-profile data breaches, and increased awareness of the damage they cause, we anticipate a substantial tightening of regulations and contractual requirements that will significantly impact information security in healthcare.

The last few years have seen a great deal of discussion, arguing, hand-wringing, and posturing within the retail/hospitality community regarding the PCI DSS.

As many organizations that have hired QSAs recently have seen, the Report on Compliance (ROC) has changed quite dramatically for v1.2 of the PCI DSS standard from previous versions.

As a company, we’ve tried to understand which organizations are most likely to mature their information security programs.

Preparing for an audit can be one of the best ways to fund and improve your security program, but this “stimulus package” for your compliance effort typically dwindles once an organization completes or passes an audit.

SOC 2 is a CPA-issued attestation and ISO 27001 a certification of your ISMS; this guide compares both frameworks and charts the year-long path from gap remediation to a passed audit.