FedRAMP at Startup Speed: Lessons Learned

For organizations eyeing the federal market, FedRAMP can feel like a gated fortress. With strict compliance requirements and a notoriously long runway, many companies assume the path to authorization is reserved for the well-resourced enterprise. But that's changing. In this post, we break down h...

HHS OIG Report Underscores Challenges of Securing the Cloud

On July 22, 2024, HHS Health and Human Services OIG published a report identifying a need for the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary HHS OS to improve key security controls to better protect cloud information systems. The report, while focused on HHS OS, underscores...

Which security framework? All of them, in the SCF

TL;DR: All roads lead to Rome. There are plenty of ways to meet your security requirements ISO 27001 is not everything. There, I said it What is the Secure Controls Framework SCF? Why you should consider SCF on your journey to security excellence PTP has a myriad of customers coming for help to...

A survey of FedRAMP’s new supply chain requirements

Over the past few years, supply chain management has shifted from a background requirement that everyone unknowingly relies upon, to being a commonly talked about aspect of our everyday lives. The Federal government has ramped up its effort to gain a handle on supply chain threats as a result of...

Meet FedRAMP Compliance with Qualys Cloud Platform

FedRAMP compliance is not without its challenges. Learn about some of the major security controls and how the Qualys Cloud Platform can help achieve FedRAMP authorization. What is FedRAMP? The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program FedRAMP is a U.S. government program that promotes the...

Meet critical infrastructure security compliance requirements with Microsoft 365

Critical infrastructure operators face a hostile cyber threat environment and a complex compliance landscape. Every operator of an industrial control system also operates an IT network to service its productivity needs. A supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA system operator of a power...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Update

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from OS an...

System Integrity Management Platform: SIMP

System Integrity Management Platform The System Integrity Management Platform SIMP is an Open Source framework designed around the concept that individuals and organizations should not need to repeat the work of automating the basic components of their operating system infrastructure. Expanding...

Systems Integrity Management Platform – SIMP

The System Integrity Management Platform SIMP is an Open Source framework designed around the concept that individuals and organizations should not need to repeat the work of automating the basic components of their operating system infrastructure. Expanding upon this philosophy, SIMP also aims t...