Whether your industry complies with CMMC, NIST, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, FINRA, GDPR, DFAR, SOX, ISO, SOC2, or any number of combinations, First Column IT holds deep expertise across numerous industries. Our team of cybersecurity specialists is well-versed in the latest compliance requirements for businesses across the DMV area. By partnering with us for compliance management, you can avoid hefty noncompliance fines, loss of contracts, potential legal action, and other highly damaging outcomes.
We employ modern solutions that maintain compliance with your regulatory bodies long-term, so you never have to worry about new policies negatively impacting your business. Additionally, as compliance regulations are updated and changes are required, we’ll advise your team on the policies and take the necessary steps to keep your business compliant with the proper controls and documentation. This allows your team to focus on your clients and growth.
First Column operates as an External Service Provider (ESP) serving the governmental sector, offering tailored solutions and support to meet specific needs. Their role involves providing specialized services, ranging from consultancy to operational support, ensuring efficient and compliant operations within the government's framework.
ADVANCE YOUR BUSINESS
Although compliance is there to protect you and your clients, it can be catastrophic should you ever fail to be compliant with your regulatory body. Our team of compliance experts is fluent in the latest requirements in CMMC, NIST, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, FINRA, GDPR, DFAR, SOX, and more.
Without your data, how would you operate your business? We protect your data with non-disruptive backups to multiple locations and ensure that you and your team have a plan in place should a disaster take your business offline for any reason.
We go beyond the basics of firewall, anti-virus and intrusion prevention services (IPS) to ensure you have multiple layers of zero trust ongoing protection beyond what most of our competitors provide. Because if your security offers only a single point of protection, you’re more vulnerable to breaches – and that just doesn’t work for us.
The password - as an adequate security measure - is long dead. In 2022, about 30,000 websites are hacked each day and 64% of companies worldwide have suffered at least one form of a cyber-attack. Two Factor (2FA) deployed for all entry points including workstations, terminal servers, Office 365, and VPN is critical to protecting your valuable data!
