Matt Alderman

IT policy compliance is more important than ever as the vast majority of business and government today is done with IT. Businesses use e-commerce sites to take orders from customers online, and brick-and-mortar businesses use software for back-office accounting and order management. This use of IT brings operational risks that can have widespread negative impact, and that’s what captures the attention of policy makers to create laws to protect company and customer data. IT policy compliance is the implementation and management of information technology in accordance with accepted standards. Using the right approach can help a company manage its IT policy compliance in order to reduce operational risks and protect valuable data. This article provides 10 steps to help organizations prepare for compliance and the auditors who work hard to find things their organizatio... (more)