Trustero's Everything Compliance: Recent Episodes
Kimberly Rose
Trustero is excited to announce “Everything Compliance,” a new series of interviews about compliance, cybersecurity, and related areas. Each episode of Everything Compliance features expert industry participants and analysts who can help you and your colleagues understand why compliance is essential, and achieve and sustain compliance more easily.
This episode of “Everything Compliance” features David Carter, Senior Manager of Cyber Risk Assurance at Delta Dental. The Delta Dental Plans Association includes 39 independent Delta Dental member companies that provide coverage to some 68 million people.
David has more than 16 years’ experience in compliance and information security, and shares some of the fruits of that experience with Trustero Vice President of Marketing and Business Development Kimberly Rose. Highlights include David’s thoughts on key compliance stakeholders in an organization, how compliance efforts are evolving, and how compliance can deliver business value.
This episode of Trustero’s Everything Compliance podcast features Bert Friedman, Head of Compliance at business banking startup Nearside (formerly known as Hatch). Bert has also served as Chief Compliance Officer for financial technology (FinTech) company Deserve, and Vice President of Compliance for the Financial Intelligence Unit of Chicago’s Community Choice Financial, Inc.
Bert has extensive “hands-on” experience with SOC 2, audits, and auditors. He shares some of the fruits of that experience in a lively “Everything Compliance” conversation with Trustero’s Kimberly Rose. Highlights include Bert’s take on what qualities to look for in an auditor and some common misperceptions about SOC 2 compliance.
This episode of Trustero’s Everything Compliance podcast features Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst at “data-driven” cybersecurity industry analysis firm IT-Harvest. He is also a former Gartner Vice President of Research and security auditor for PriceWaterhouseCoopers (now PwC). His popular Security Yearbook: A History and Directory of the IT Security Industry, tracks more than 2,800 companies. He is also the author of several books, including There Will Be Cyberwar and Secure Cloud Transformation: The CIO’s Journey.
In a wide-ranging and informative conversation with Trustero’s Kimberly Rose, Richard describes how the pursuit of SOC 2 compliance can improve cybersecurity. He also offers views on some of the cybersecurity challenges facing SMBs and emerging enterprises, and how to address them.
Listen to the full episode to get a surprise gift from Richard 😉
The latest episode of Trustero’s “Everything Compliance” interview series features David Barton, Managing Director at UHY LLP. His firm is part of UHY International, a business accounting and advisory services provider in more than 100 countries.
David has more than three decades of audit and compliance experience and a passion for educating business leaders in these areas. In a wide-ranging discussion with Trustero Vice President of Marketing and Business Development Kimberly Rose, David demystifies the Trust Services Criteria and the various SOC “flavors.” He also offers help with understanding why SOC 2 matters – and when alternatives may make more sense.
The inaugural episode features Liam Collins, Co-lead of Trust Practice at Armanino LLP. Armanino is one of the top 25 largest accounting, consulting, and technology firms in the U.S., and Liam has focused on compliance for most of the past two decades. In a spirited conversation with Trustero’s Kimberly Rose, Liam details what many companies get right – and get wrong – on their journeys to SOC 2 compliance. He also discusses the type of relationship top-tier auditors want with their clients and how long it really takes to prepare for and pass a SOC 2 audit.