Data Compliance and Governance: A Professional Guide

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In today’s data-driven world, organizations handle vast amounts of sensitive information daily. Data compliance and robust governance are crucial for maintaining data integrity, confidentiality, and availability while avoiding the pitfalls of a privacy breach or noncompliance. 

This article discusses what it means to implement data governance policies for data compliance across several different (privacy-centric) frameworks. 

 

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Cybersecurity and the NTIS Death Master File

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Across government and private organizations, the need to match records and confirm death has become a major concern. People who take out credit or receive benefits do so because they are living, and once they pass, there must be a way to align the state of their benefits and finances. This is where the NTIS Death Master File comes in. 

This collection of records helps organizations track the deaths of social security beneficiaries. It contains private information that needs to be protected. 

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Secure Configuration Management: Hardening Systems and Applications

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Hardware, operating systems, software and apps, and third-party platforms are all components of your IT infrastructure, including its operating procedures and settings. Misconfiguration of these components can have ripple effects across an entire network, so investing time and effort into configuration management is critical.

Here, we cover secure configuration management and why it’s essential for organizations serious about security and compliance. 

 

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