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Compliance Exists Because Security Failed?

Oct 29, 2026 By Harness In Harness
What if compliance and audits are actually symptoms of a bigger security problem? Neil Watkins from Burns & McDonnell challenges traditional security and compliance processes, explaining how automation and continuous compliance can help organizations deploy software faster while collecting real-time evidence that security controls are working. The future isn't just about passing audits. It's about proving compliance continuously, without relying on manual inspections.
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Predict Patch Compliance Before It's Too Late | Ivanti

Oct 14, 2026 By Ivanti In Ivanti
Stop guessing whether you'll meet patch compliance deadlines. Every day, IT and security teams race against the clock to remediate vulnerabilities and meet compliance targets. The problem? Most organizations don't know they're going to miss those targets until it's already too late. Predictive Remediation from Ivanti changes that by giving you authoritative data on your deployment history and a forward-looking view of your compliance trajectory against SLAs.
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How Much Does an EU Representative Cost in 2026?

How Much Does an EU Representative Cost in 2026?

Oct 13, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
A single-framework EU representative typically costs between €29 and €149 a month on tiered platforms, or a custom quote in the £950 to £1,500-a-year range from firms that price by headcount instead of a fixed subscription. Multiply that by every regulation you're in scope for, GDPR, the AI Act, the DSA, and the total climbs fast once each one needs its own provider. DilicheckRep prices its representation from €29 a month, banded by employee count and revenue, and holds the Best GDPR EU Representative Service for SMBs and Enterprises award among the providers compared below.
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Restoring Compliance After Missed SAP Patch Cycles

Oct 6, 2026 By Avantra Team In Avantra
Avantra restores SAP compliance after missed patch cycles by measuring the real gap on every system, automating the catch-up in risk order, and monitoring continuously afterward. A missed cycle can leave SAP operations out of compliance or exposed to documented vulnerabilities, and until each system is assessed, the impact is unknown. Getting “back to good” requires three steps: The patching itself is rarely the hard part.
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motadata

ISO 27001 Compliance: What Auditors Require and When You Need the Certificate

Oct 5, 2026 By Ramya Shah In Motadata
ISO 27001 compliance means running your information security the way ISO/IEC 27001 sets out. Most teams meet the standard when a customer sends over a security questionnaire. It lands as one more line on a cybersecurity compliance checklist. That framing hides the decision underneath it. You can follow the standard without ever being certified against it. The two routes cost very different amounts. In this blog, you will: You will finish able to decide whether you need the certificate, and what it takes.
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Agentic AI or CLM Compliance? A Buying Test for Financial Services

Agentic AI or CLM Compliance? A Buying Test for Financial Services

Oct 3, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Consider a hypothetical bank negotiating a technology supplier agreement. An AI agent spots a change to the audit-rights clause, proposes replacement language and prepares the contract for approval. The review looks faster. Then someone asks which policy version the agent used, whether the replacement was approved, and what prevents the unsigned draft from becoming the operational record. Those questions should shape the buying decision.
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ScienceLogic

How Federal IT Teams Move to FIPS 140-3 Without Disrupting Authorization or Service Continuity

Sep 29, 2026 By ScienceLogic In ScienceLogic
A credible FIPS 140-3 transition does more than replace an operating system. It protects authorization timelines, service continuity, rollback options, and accountability across the operational boundary.
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motadata

What Is DORA Compliance? The Digital Operational Resilience Act Explained

Sep 28, 2026 By Ramya Shah In Motadata
The Digital Operational Resilience Act has applied to EU financial firms since 17 January 2025. The first year was mostly paperwork. In year two, supervisors want proof, and most of that proof sits with IT operations. DORA joins the other rules on your cybersecurity compliance list, with much tighter clocks. A major incident needs its first report within 4 hours of classification. In this blog, you will: By the end, you will know what DORA compliance asks of your IT team and where to begin.
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From SOCI Compliance to Continuous Infrastructure: How Puppet Helps Protect Critical Infrastructure

Sep 24, 2026 By Puppet In Puppet
Australia’s critical infrastructure landscape has changed significantly. The Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (SOCI Act) has evolved from a framework focused primarily on identifying critical assets and reporting incidents into a broader risk-management and operational-resilience regime. The 2024 reforms reinforced that direction, increasing the focus on the systems, data, and technology dependencies that underpin Australia’s essential services.
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Digital ID Arrives at the Till: What the Alcohol Rule Change Means for Checkout Integrations

Digital ID Arrives at the Till: What the Alcohol Rule Change Means for Checkout Integrations

Sep 23, 2026 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
For years, proof of age at an alcohol till in England and Wales meant something you could hold in your hand: a passport, a photocard driving licence, a PASS card. That's no longer the whole list. Since mid-September 2026, licensed premises can accept certified digital proof of age from a customer's phone.
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