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Scratching the Surface: Understanding Compliance

Compliance is defined as the “process” or “the state of meeting rules, standards, regulations and ethical practices that apply to an organization and industry.” Let us clarify some compliance-related terms that are often used interchangeably.

Rules
Specific guidelines that dictate what actions are allowed or prohibited within a particular context.
Regulations
Official rules established by governmental authorities and regulatory bodies.
Standards
Widely accepted benchmarks to determine quality of products, services, or processes.
Best Practices
Established approaches that help achieve desired outcomes.

Why Compliance is the Need of the Hour


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Three Lines of Defense: Setting Up a
Strong Culture of Compliance

This model elaborates on how organizational roles can collaborate to facilitate strong governance and risk management across the enterprise with Line 1 (Risk Owners), Line 2 (Risk Oversight) and Line 3 (Risk Assurance).

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Non-compliance: A Disaster in the Making

There's no denying it. Non-compliance comes with a high price.

Organizations lose $4 million in revenue due to one non-compliance event.
Non-compliance fines can range from $5000-$100000 per month until resolved.
In India, more than 400k companies got shut down due to non-compliance.

These numbers don’t lie. If they teach us anything, it’s that:
Compliance is sacrosanct!

Cloud4C and CtrlS have mastered the art of security and compliance. We have earned 14 globally accepted standards like ISO, SOC, GDPR, CSA, HIPAA, GxP, FedRamp, MeitY, Rated 4 certificates, PCI-DSS and more. Our repository of global and regional compliance certificates has helped us in securing the trust of 4000+ customers across different industries like BFSI, Healthcare & Pharma and Government. We also have additional standards and certifications in our pipeline. Curious to know what they are about? Keep on reading.

How Cloud4C is paving the way for compliance

Cloud4C helps address compliance needs for mission-critical environments. Our compliance-as-a-service solutions, experts and state-of-the-art technologies establish procedures to ensure that companies across the globe run risk-proof.

We are compliant with global standards and own global security certifications that have helped cultivate a positive reputation and build lasting relationships with our clients and stakeholders.

Certifications Owned by
Cloud4C and CtrlS Datacenters Ltd.

ISO Certification

ISO certifications ensure businesses meet quality process standards defined by the International Standards Organization. Adhering to this standard demonstrates business credibility, safety and quality of our products and services.

ISO 27001

Provides a framework for businesses to establish, implement, maintain and continually improve an information security management system (ISMS).

ISO 20000:1

Specifies requirements for the service provider to plan, establish, implement, operate, monitor, review, maintain and improve Service Management System (SMS).

ISO 27017

Offers guidelines to implement information security controls related to the provision and use of cloud services

ISO 27018

Provides guidelines to establish security controls to manage privacy issues in cloud environments.

ISO 9001

Helps companies establish quality management principles to offer consistently high-quality products and services to customers.

ISO 22301

Establishes the best framework for managing business continuity in an organization.

ISO 45001

Implements standards to guarantee occupational health and safety of workers and employees.

ISO 14001

Initiates environmental management systems (EMS) to help organizations reduce their environmental impact and improve their sustainability

ISO 50001

Helps organizations across all sectors to use Energy Management Systems more efficiently.

Repository of ISO Certifications by
Cloud4C and CtrlS Datacenters Ltd.

Certification

Scope

Entity

Issued By

ISO 27001 PAN India CtrlS Datacenters Ltd. UKAS
ISO 27001 Global Cloud4C Services Pvt. Ltd. UKAS
ISO 20000:1 PAN India CtrlS Datacenters Ltd. UKAS
ISO 20000:1 Global Cloud4C Services Pvt. Ltd. APMG International
ISO 27017 PAN India CtrlS Datacenters Ltd. BVI
ISO 27017 Global Cloud4C Services Pvt. Ltd. BVI
ISO 27018 PAN India CtrlS Datacenters Ltd. BVI
ISO 27018 Global Cloud4C Services Pvt. Ltd. BVI
ISO 9001 PAN India CtrlS Datacenters Ltd. UKAS
ISO 9001 Global Cloud4C Services Pvt. Ltd. UKAS
ISO 22301 PAN India CtrlS Datacenters Ltd. UKAS
ISO 22301 Global Cloud4C Services Pvt. Ltd. UKAS
ISO 45001 PAN India CtrlS Datacenters Ltd.
Cloud4C Services Pvt. Ltd.
BSI
ISO 14001 PAN India CtrlS Datacenters Ltd. BSI
ISO 50001 PAN India CtrlS Datacenters Ltd. BSI

Rated 4 Certificate

This certificate ensures that data centers offer the highest availability of data with 99.99% uptime. Our data centers have redundancy for every component and are built to be completely fault-tolerant. The Rated 4 Certificate assures our clients that the IT infrastructure has 24*7 availability and can withstand serious technical incidents without servers getting affected.

Certification

Scope

Entity

Issued By

Rated 4 Hyderabad (GBDC) CtrlS Datacenters Ltd. TIA-942
Rated 4 GBDC CtrlS Datacenters Ltd. CERTAC
Rated 4 Mumbai CtrlS Datacenters Ltd. TIA-942
Rated 4 Noida CtrlS Datacenters Ltd. TIA-942

CtrlS Datacenters gets accredited by the
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

MeitY (The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) offers accreditation of cloud service providers against a predefined set of guidelines on security, service level agreement, contractual terms and conditions. By being MeitY-compliant, public-sector organizations can enable our varied range of deployment models and services including Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), cybersecurity, disaster recovery, DevOps, and managed backup.



Certification

Scope

Entity

Issued By

MeitY Audit PAN India CtrlS Datacenters Ltd. MeitY

Service Organization Controls (SOC)

Series of reports created by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) to evaluate the controls and processes of service organizations. Based on these reports, we offer assurance to customers and stakeholders about the effectiveness of controls related to security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy.



Assesses controls that service organizations have in place to ensure the accuracy and reliability of financial information that may impact the financial statements of their customers.
Evaluates the operational controls and offers valuable insights into how service organizations manage and protect customer data.
Designed to be publicly available, they offer a general overview of the service organization's controls and compliance to gain high-level trust and assurance among customers.


Certification

Scope

Entity

Issued By

SOC 1 & SOC 2 PAN India CtrlS Datacenters Ltd. AICPA/US
SOC 1 & SOC 2 Global Cloud4C Services Pvt. Ltd. AICPA/US
SOC 1 & SOC 2 (Half Yearly) Global CtrlS Datacenters Ltd. AICPA/US

Industry Specific Compliance Standards

PCIDSS
(Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard)


These are protocols that help organizations, merchants, banks and financial institutions protect customers’ payment information against fraud. We offer the best practices and high-level payment security like firewall installation, data encryption, antivirus software deployment, and more to our customers that safeguard their business and diminish the risk of cardholder data loss.



Certification

Scope

Entity

PCIDSS PAN India (Infra &
Physical Security)
CtrlS Datacenters Ltd.
Cloud4C Services Pvt. Ltd.
PCIDSS Global (Managed services) CtrlS Datacenters Ltd.
Cloud4C Services Pvt. Ltd.


GxP - (Good "x" practice where the "x" denotes various disciplines)
GxP defines the good practices to manage the quality, safety and security of processes and systems in healthcare, pharmaceutical and life sciences companies and ensures they comply with international guidelines. Through GxP compliant technology landscapes (Infrastructure, Applications, Data, Workplaces and Technology operations), we help our clients maintain data integrity, safety and process quality throughout each stage of product development. Our innovative out of the box GxP compliance solution enables a factory-based approach to cloud adoption and managed services to implement a GxP compliant framework.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Refers to a set of personal data protection and privacy laws for users and businesses in the European Union. All our operations are GDPR compliant (including Sales, Marketing, Solutions, Security, Monitoring etc. ) Being GDPR-compliant has helped us in building confidence and loyalty among our customers.

Beyond this, we offer GDPR compliant community cloud offering coupled with Managed Services & Managed Security services to companies worldwide. This is a huge help and relief to regulated organizations especially in Government, BFSI, SaaS, Healthcare, Pharma, Manufacturing and more. We have assisted companies in implementing a streamlined approach to security and data privacy.
Cloud Security Alliance
It is the world’s leading not-for-profit organization that is responsible for promoting and implementing best practices for security assurance within Cloud Computing. By being a part of this organization, we have the knowledge and resources to help organizations build a holistic cloud security program that is compliant with global regulatory standards.
 
* Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
This Act defines national standards to protect the personal healthcare information of citizens. With HIPAA compliance, we ensure that hospitals and healthcare organizations implement procedures and guidelines to safeguard health information and patient data and enhance their security posture.
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* Federal Information Security Management Act (FedRamp)
It is a US federal government compliance program that ensures that the cloud services used by federal government agencies meet the standards of security, data privacy and reliability. A FedRamp compliance earned us a spot in the FedRamp marketplace and help expand our services and solutions to the US government departments and organizations.
*under progress

Upcoming Compliances Under Pipeline

Here’s a small sneak peek into our upcoming global compliance certificates:

ISO
27701:2019
Specific guidelines that dictate what actions are allowed or prohibited within a particular context.
ISO
27001:2022
Provides guidance on the design and implementation of Information Security Management System (ISMS).
PCIDSS V4.0
Helps to meet the evolving security needs of the payment industry, promote security as a continuous process and improve procedures for organizations to achieve their security goals.
C5

(German Federal Office for Information Security)

Enables organizations to demonstrate operational security against common cyber-attacks when using cloud services within the context of the German Government's "Security Recommendations for Cloud Providers".
CSAP

(South Korea Specific)

Cloud Security Assurance Program is a certification for cloud service security supported by the Korean Internet & Security Agency (KISA), which ensures that the cloud service provider meets the standards for information protection.
NCA

(Saudi Arabia Specific)

Regulatory authority that has developed Essential cybersecurity controls mandated at a national level. It also requires the cybersecurity solution/services/ products providers to be registered on the NCA website.

Where Does the World Stand on
Compliance & Regulations?

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Cybersecurity compliance is not just a checklist for government regulations. At the end of the day, people are at the heart of the compliance strategy to fight against cyber threats. Train your employees in the risks associated with cyber threats and how they can prevent them. To need more information on our solutions and services, please drop a note to madhavi.natukula@cloud4c.com

For compliance related queries you may reach out to vasanth.garimella@cloud4c.com
For more details on each compliance, click the link of the presentation