Compliance

Compliance has become a hot potato in many companies, as CIOs, IT managers and other business leaders grapple with how to maintain compliance to a myriad of internal and external regulations while still building a business and staying competitive.  Every industry has its compliance bailiwick, from HIPAA for healthcare to PCI Compliance for finance and Sarbanes Oxley for corporate accounting practices, among many others.  There are some consistent themes across nearly all compliance mandates, particularly in the areas of security, data protection, corporate governance, audits and process management.  While some products may claim to do it all, there is no such thing as “compliance in a box”.  However, there are technologies and solutions that help make compliance easier and more cost-effective while also helping the business drive revenue and relationships.

Compliance-based Business Integration

In nearly every industry, the need to exchange information and documents across organizations and systems is increasingly necessary. For example, in healthcare, doctors and healthcare facilities must access and exchange patient information, pharmaceutical reports, lab test results, X-rays, benefit claim documents and other materials.  Every organization has a community or external partners it relies on to operate effectively.  Business integration enables this information exchange, and many solutions provide the capabilities required to also ensure you remain compliant to critical regulations throughout the integration process.

Hubspan Cloud-based Business Integration

Hubspan is a leading provider of cloud-based business integration solutions.  With customers across healthcare, manufacturing, aviation, wholesale and many other industries, Hubspan has built its platform and services with compliance in mind. Hubspan maintains compliance with key regulations, such as PCI DSS and SAS 70 mandates. Perhaps its strongest area is in security. Hubspan has built its integration solution and services based on the principle of secure by default, building a system that incorporates defense-in-depth and the highest levels of application, network and data security. Hubspan’s approach is proactive risk management, where one plans for the worst possible security scenarios and builds and plans accordingly. This focus on security is consistent across all areas of Hubspan’s technology and processes, including:

• Software (application) Layer
• Transactional Layer
• Infrastructure Layer
• Services Layer
• Engineering & Development

Beyond Compliance to Secure by Default

Regulations that govern data protection and security are important guidelines, and Hubspan is committed to continuing our work to assess and certify our platform and processes against these certifications. However, security professionals and industry experts are quick to note that these regulations form the foundation for security and are not a panacea.

Security, as one expert was quoted as saying, is a process and not a checklist. Security should be embedded in all areas of the business, from the technology to engineering practices to employee policies.  Even Visa publicly recognizes that PCI compliance creates a foundation for strong cardholder data security, but notes that more must be done, such as authentication and network segmentation.

For this reason, Hubspan goes beyond the checklists and has followed the highest level of security principles and policies since day one.