by Amber Gerdes | Dec 16, 2021 | Chief Compliance Officers, GRC Implementation
What is one of the biggest challenges preventing GRC from being as effective and efficient as possible? Doing too much. People are overwhelmed by the concept of GRC—particularly those individuals who are not day-to-day risk practitioners or GRC professionals. The user...
by Amber Gerdes | Dec 2, 2021 | Chief Compliance Officers, CMMC, Cyber Security Framework
CMMC 2.0 was released on November 4, 2021 and contains substantial changes to CMMC 1.2. Now that we’ve all had some time to learn about and process the changes coming with CMMC 2.0, we thought we’d share a brief summary of what you really need to know. The changes...
by Amber Gerdes | Nov 11, 2021 | Chief Compliance Officers, Cyber Security Framework, GRC Implementation
In 2021, cloud collaboration platforms (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, etc.) are more commonly being integrated with GRC platforms. At Cential, we have seen many GRC solutions begin to include pre-built integrations into their programs as well. We hosted an...
by Amber Gerdes | Jul 12, 2021 | Chief Compliance Officers
Risk management trends are constantly changing, and the many global events we’ve experienced in the past year and a half have only accelerated that. We interviewed Cential Partner & Principal Consultant Jannie Wentzel to hear his insights on risk management trends...
by Amber Gerdes | Jun 2, 2021 | Chief Compliance Officers, GRC Implementation, Risk Management
Does your organization know the difference between risks, issues, and incidents when it comes to your risk management? If you don’t, you’re not alone. Many organizations don’t fully understand the difference, and will mistakenly use the terms interchangeably. Why does...
by Amber Gerdes | Apr 29, 2021 | Chief Compliance Officers, CMMC
Organizations seeking CMMC certification should not be hiring a consulting firm for a mock assessment (right now, that is). Yep, you heard us right. That may sound a little out-of-place coming from a consulting firm, but it’s the truth. With the CMMC Certification...
