Compliance
BE AUDIT READY WITH CDA
We understand that our customers often face the need to adhere to strict laws, policies, and regulations, necessitating compliance validation. Meeting these requirements, policies, and controls demands meticulous planning and flawless execution. Drawing from our wealth of enterprise-level experience, we excel in designing, building, deploying, and managing enterprise solutions for diverse industries, ensuring compliance and peace of mind.
Compliance Audits
A key success metric for designing and implementing large scale enterprise solutions is being able to prove to auditors that policy and procedures are being followed accordingly. At CDA, we build compliance auditing and monitoring into all solutions we design and deploy, leveraging integrated or custom reporting toolsets.
Cyber Risk Remediation
Allow CDA to assist with your system hardening needs. We have experience with both CIS Baselines and STIG requirements depending on your industry. Throughout our identification, testing, and remediation methodology, we have a proven track record of balancing remediation frameworks to eliminate vulnerabilities, while meeting SLAs to customers and business units.
eDiscovery/Litigation Support
When it comes to maintaining electronic records to balance legal risk, IT efficiency, and privacy & security risk, CDA is prepared to help control your information governance across any number of data points. We have experience providing direction and technical expertise for legal hold, electronic communication archiving, and audit support. We can help you with the preservation and collection of your electronic discovery and retention needs.
FINRA/SEC-17A4
Critical Design has 10 years of experience successfully assisting customers achieve U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 17a-4 regulatory compliance. We work with various vendors in this space to provide archiving, retention, and review of messaging across disparate platforms.
Governance
Through means of identifying and compiling measurable metrics, we can help your IT Operations team speak to your initiatives in terms of business value. Combined, we can assist with aligning IT and business strategy to facilitate delivery of line of business applications to stakeholders that meet the goals of both.
Information Assurance
Properly using, storing, and limiting exposure to information can help your organization reach its goals. However, many times deciding what information should be protected and what measures are effective can be a challenge. Critical Design’s information assurance specialists can help you prioritize efforts and maintain confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility for the most critical applications throughout your organization.
NIST/RMF
Critical Design Associates can help your organization integrate security and risk management into your SDLC to meet and exceed federal government policies and standards. Let us help you achieve Authorization to Operate through the Risk Management Framework as set forth in NIST 800-37 and NIST 800-53 publications.