April 2021 Summaries

Twingate has announced that it now has a SOC 2 Type 2 report available, providing assurance to customers that its security practices meet their requirements. This is an important tool for businesses looking to perform security reviews of their service providers. Twingate's SOC 2 report focuses on the controls of a services organization with respect to security and is intended for an organization's customers, prospective customers, and management team. The report provides assurance that Twingate's security practices can meet customer requirements, helping them understand the controls established to support the delivery of its services in a secure and compliant manner.

The Infosec Compliance Process can be viewed as comprising three main components: Attaining Compliance, Maintaining Compliance, and Demonstrating Compliance. Attaining Compliance is typically the most intensive stage of any compliance program, requiring project management to identify and implement all infosec requirements. Maintaining Compliance is an ongoing process that needs to be sustained over the long term, requiring operational processes supported by tools and systems to ensure compliance obligations are met. Demonstrating Compliance often requires creating evidence of compliance, such as through documentation, especially for certified standards. A tool like Twingate can help with attaining, maintaining, and demonstrating compliance by enabling access controls for all types of IT assets, making deployment painless, and providing a single point of management for centralized access control. Twingate's zero trust access model adapts to today's dynamic work environment, supporting modern workforces with remote work, independent contractors, and cloud-based resources. The tool provides enterprise-wide network visibility, logging and analytics functionality, and a single source of truth, making it easier to detect and respond to anomalous events and refine access policies.