Monday, March 20, 2006

The 5 Rules of the Regulatory Process


If you work in enterprise IT security, regulatory compliance is probably nothing new to you. There is a good chance you hate the thought of it, but you are intimately aware of the challenges and expensive nature your business has had to go through to meet compliance objectives.

But if you are a small business, I’ll bet it’s a fearful phrase you typically try to avoid. Or worse yet, a phrase that you don’t believe applies to you! Don’t worry. You are not alone. But I’d like to challenge your thinking and belief system as it relates to regulatory compliance and small business. I believe that if anything, small businesses should realize that the process of creating an environment for regulatory compliance is not that difficult and can be used as an ASSET to the business; an advantage over many competitors that offers real business benefits to your company.

Look, when it comes to this topic, the biggest challenge businesses of all sizes face is in ensuring that regulatory compliance objectives are observed and that compliance can be demonstrated and accurately monitored and reported.

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