Cybercrime and regulations intended to increase security and prevent exploitation have resulted in numerous industry and government rules that businesses must comply with. While compliance can be burdensome, it aims to protect people and stop crime for the greater good. There are also benefits to complying with these regulations, such as improvements to business operations and management regardless of whether IT operations are on-premise or cloud-hosted.

1. Cybercrime and other forms of malfeasance are responsible for
a slew of industry and government rules and regulations that
law-abiding citizens must endure … and pay for.
Acronyms abound: PCI-DSS, HIPAA/HITECH, GLBA and ISO
27001 are but a few. Not to be mistaken as offspring triplets of
SOX are SOC 1, SOC 2 and SOC 3 reports defined under
SSAE-16 and AT-101.
The intention behind these requirements is for the greater
good, not the least of which are protecting people from
exploitation and stopping crime. Besides, resistance is futile.
So, you might as well look on the bright side. Here are some
ways that compliance is actually good for business operations
and management, whether your IT operations are on premise or
cloud hosted.