by Cential Consulting | Apr 30, 2025 | Chief Compliance Officers, Cyber Security Framework, Risk Management
As organizations become increasingly interconnected with external vendors and partners, third party risk management (TPRM) has evolved beyond its traditional focus on cybersecurity. While cyber risks remain critical, today’s TPRM landscape requires a...
by Amber Gerdes | Nov 27, 2023 | Chief Compliance Officers, CMMC, Cyber Security Framework, GRC, GRC Implementation, IRM, Risk Management
We’ve helped several organizations implement GRC processes and tools, and we’ve seen our fair share of successes and failures. Among those who struggle with implementation, they usually make the same mistake. Instead of seeing eGRC software as a tool to bolster...
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 | Sep 17, 2021 | Archer, Archer Platform, CMMC, Cyber Security Framework, IRM, RSA Archer, RSA Charge
Archer has some exciting updates coming out, as the platform has completely eradicated Silverlight from the platform along with releasing significant UI/UX changes and rolling out a CMMC solution. Archer has now fully removed Silverlight with end-of-life support...
by Amber Gerdes | Jun 23, 2021 | Cyber Security Framework, Risk Management
Readers and risk professionals keeping up with all the recent news about ransomware and cybersecurity (re: JBS, Colonial Pipeline, cryptocurrency, Fastly and more…) will clearly see that data breaches are becoming more and more of a serious risk. At the same time, all...
