Automation in Compliance Mapping and Assessments

by Steve McCalmont, Jeri Teller-Kanzler

Organizations increasingly rely on relationships with vendors, partners, and service providers to better manage their businesses. Lean economic times help accelerate the outsourcing trend, and the software as a service (SaaS) market is experiencing double-digit growth as businesses seek to avoid costly acquisition costs and financial commitments of supporting a full-system lifecycle. The rapid growth in SaaS, cloud computing, and offshoring continues to move information security risks from inside the enterprise to outside. Given the current challenging business climate, enterprise IT organizations can expect more pressure to outsource functions to reduce costs.