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The Silent but Significant Shift that CCPA Has Created for the Small-dollar Lending Space

Did you notice the CCPA publication that the California AG published on June 1, 2020? Amid the pandemic, the excitement that comes with summer, and…

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Online Lenders: Have Your Compliance Team Run These CCPA Front-End Checks Before the July 1 Enforcement Date

The California Attorney General has authority to enforce the CCPA starting on July 1, 2020. As the Chief Compliance Officer, it’s very likely that CCPA…

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The Proper Way of Assessing BCP/DR Readiness When Your Company is Performing an IT Security Risk Assessment on a New 3rd Party Vendor

The coronavirus is teaching us an important lesson on the value of business continuity planning and disaster recovery. Say your company is assessing this area…

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Adding an IT Security Assessment Gate that Busy Relationship Owners Will Actually Follow

Dear Chief Compliance Officer, Who in your organization is managing the IT Security Assessment process? Do you worry if relationship owners are following the process?…

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Adding An IT Security Assessment Gate That Respects the Limited Time of the Chief Compliance Officer

Dear Chief Compliance Officer, Who in your organization is managing the IT Security Assessment process? What role do you play? Are you a decision-maker? Consulted?…

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Adding an IT Security Assessment Gate That Doesn’t Create 100 New Questions

Think about the last time your company was asked to complete a security questionnaire. It probably involved answering 50-100 questions in 14 days (30 days…

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All companies need a customized security policy

When companies realize they need a security policy, it’s oftentimes prioritized as a new initiative. Depending on the drivers for the security policy and the…

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Traditional InfoSec is Failing Us

Let me let you in on a little secret. Most security policies are really bad. I should know, I’ve seen many of them throughout my…

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