Interactive Security, Inc.

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About Interactive Security, Inc.

Premier IT Security and Compliance Services: For over a decade, Interactive Security has been a premier provider and innovator in IT Security and Compliance for organizations across the globe. Our mission is to help our clients comply with financial, government, and healthcare mandates through innovative security tools, caring customer support, and qualified expertise.

FedRAMP SSP Essentials: Ensuring Security in the Federal Cloud

Interactive Security, Inc.15 Dec, 2023Technology

In the ever-evolving landscape of cloud computing, security is a paramount concern, especially when it comes to federal systems and sensitive data. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) plays a pivotal role in addressing these concerns by providing a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. At Interactive Security, Inc., we delve into the essentials of FedRAMP System Security Plans (SSP) and their critical role in securing the federal cloud. The SSP is the foundational document within the FedRAMP framework. It serves as a comprehensive record of security controls and procedures implemented by cloud service providers (CSPs) to protect federal information and systems.

HITRUST CSF Certification and Hitrust Security Assessment

Interactive Security, Inc.11 Aug, 2023Computer & Internet

The HITRUST CSF includes 14 control categories, 49 objectives, and 149 total control specifications (which may contain multiple levels of control components). At least 64 of these control specifications are required to be in place and operating effectively for an organization to become HITRUST certified. HITRUST offers a self-assessment option for organizations looking to conduct an assessment internally; however, organizations are well served to obtain the expertise of a qualified CSF assessor organization, such as Interactive Security, to identify the strengths and weaknesses of their information security program and to make recommendations about how to address any issues.

Social Engineering Assessment Services

Interactive Security, Inc.19 Jul, 2023Computer & Internet

The old saying that you are only as good as your weakest point is absolutely true- especially when factoring in the "people" aspect of IT security. Regardless of the technologies you implement or physical barriers you erect, the strength of your controls comes down to the training, awareness, diligence, and honesty of your company insiders. Comprehensive security policies and security awareness training are fundamental controls within an effective security program. Testing these controls is also critical to validating and improving program effectiveness. Interactive Security has a full suite of social engineering assessment services that test all aspects of your human control areas. Interactive Security can customize these testing programs to evaluate the risk of information disclosure.

CMMC 2.0: 5 Key Changes

Interactive Security, Inc.15 Apr, 2023Computer & Internet

The Department of Defense (DoD) originally introduced Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) to add stronger cybersecurity with greater accountability to the Defense Industrial Base (DIB). In plainer terms, the DoD Contractor community is now required to build and maintain a proper cybersecurity posture to help protect the US from its adversaries. Nonetheless, a main criticism since the beginning has been that smaller DoD Contractors won?t be able to afford the changes required to comply with CMMC (i.e., IT spend, consulting fees and assessment cost). Hence several of the changes within CMMC 2.0 are geared to address is this issue.

Vendor Management Services

Interactive Security, Inc.08 Jun, 2022Computer & Internet

Large corporations typically have hundreds if not thousands of vendors providing a myriad of different services for a multitude of different business units. Identifying which ones pose a great amount of risk to your organization (and which ones are barely worth a second look) often proves difficult. In addition, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, GLBA and other regulations require vetting of these 3rd party vendors. To manage this problem, existing governance, risk, and compliance efforts must extend to vendor risk management practices. And yet, traditional assessment methods are arduous, expensive, and unscalable. Interactive Security's Vendor Management solution streamlines this process, allowing you to better manage your vendors and expend fewer resources doing so. For most organizations Vendor Management is a largely manual process, administered through spreadsheets and consuming large amounts of man-hours.

Payment Card Industry - PCI DSS

Interactive Security, Inc.12 May, 2022Computer & Internet

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of security standards designed to ensure that ALL companies that accept, process, store or transmit credit card information maintain a secure environment. The PCI DSS applies to ANY organization, regardless of size or number of transactions, that accepts, transmits or stores any cardholder data. The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) was launched on September 7, 2006 to manage the ongoing evolution of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) security standards with a focus on improving payment account security throughout the transaction process. The PCI DSS is administered and managed by the PCI SSC (www.pcisecuritystandards.org), an independent body that was created by the major payment card brands (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and JCB.). It is important to note that the payment brands and acquirers are responsible for enforcing compliance, not the PCI council.

System and Organization Control for CYBERSECURITY

Interactive Security, Inc.21 Apr, 2022Computer & Internet

Interactive Security Consulting's practice specializes in providing customized risk management and regulatory compliance solutions that are specifically designed to meet the needs of your company, your customers, and your regulators. We have a local team of Certified Public Accountants and Information Security Auditors with extensive experience in IT audit and compliance. Our team of advisors is available to help your organization navigate today?s complex regulatory environment. Specific Services: SOC Gap Analysis & Readiness SOC 1, Type 1 and 2 SOC 2, Type 1 and 2 SOC for Cybersecurity System and Organization Control (SOC) reports were created to decrease the audit burden on service providers by establishing a standardized report that can be issued to end-users. A System and Organization Control audit from a reputable firm can serve as a market differentiator for organizations seeking to appeal to a broad range of high-value customers.

FedRAMP Consulting Advisory Services

Interactive Security, Inc.26 Feb, 2022Computer & Internet

Each of these are documented in the Security Assessment Report (SAR), which is provided to the FedRAMP JAB or sponsoring agency to plan regarding issuance of an Authority to Operate (ATO).CSPs that serve or want to serve DoD clients must meet the Department of Defense Cloud Security Requirements Guide (DoD SRG) for the designated Impact Level. This is an additional service that can be done in parallel with a FedRAMP assessment for a moderate impact level system or higher.FedRAMP Consulting Advisory ServicesNavigate FedRAMP security compliance design and documentation requirementsInteractive Security's independent team of advisors can help your organization prepare your cloud service for FedRAMP assessment and authorization. Our advisors are FedRAMP specialists who can lead organizations in their preparation effort and can assist with compliance gap analysis, advisory, and assessment while addressing risk and aligning your cybersecurity strategies with business goals.

CMMC | Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification

Interactive Security, Inc.03 Feb, 2022Computer & Internet

Simply put, the Department of Defense (DoD) Contractor community is now required to build and maintain a proper cybersecurity posture to help protect the US from its adversaries. The official CMMC rollout will occur over several years to encompass all contracts and suppliers. The original CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification) framework was released on January 31, 2020. However, the most recent version, CMMC 2.0, was unveiled in November 2021. Who Needs CMMC certification? All DoD contractors will be required to comply with CMMC, at some level, in order to bid on DoD contracts. What is CMMC 2.0? For better or worse, CMMC is now CMMC 2.0 ? this is the result of the Pentagon?s recent CMMC internal review process. It will affect different DoD Contractors in different ways, bringing minor to moderate changes, depending on their individual CMMC compliance aspirations or requirements.

HIPAA Compliance Audit

Interactive Security, Inc.01 Jan, 2022Technology

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) is the main federal law that protects health information. The HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules protect the privacy and security of individually identifiable health information. HIPAA Rules have detailed requirements regarding both privacy and security. The privacy and security of patient health information is a top priority for patients and their families, health care providers and professionals, and the government. Federal laws require many of the key persons and organizations that handle health information to have policies and security safeguards in place to protect your health information - whether it is stored on paper or electronically. The HIPAA Privacy Rule covers protected health information (PHI) in any medium, while the The HIPAA Security Rule covers electronically protected health information (ePHI).