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Happy Thanksgiving from the team at Bright Defense!

Proud Moment: Southeastern Printing Achieves SOC 2 Type 1 🎉 Today I’m incredibly proud to share that our team at Southeastern Printing (SEP) has achieved SOC 2 Type 1 certification. 🎉 This milestone represents months of hard work, late nights, and a shared commitment to doing things the right way for our clients and partners. I’m deeply grateful to everyone at SEP who leaned in and made this possible. A very special thank-you to our partners at Bright Defense — especially John Albert Clave and Fatima Ramos — for staying on top of every detail of the audit and helping ensure our controls met the requirements for all the services and software we support, with no exceptions and complete confidence in our security posture. Huge shouts out as well to Sensiba LLP and Kiran Vasvani for making the assessment process transparent, responsive, and incredibly thorough. Your attention to detail and clear communication has turned a complex journey into a truly collaborative one. And of course, thank you to Drata for providing an outstanding GRC platform that has helped us unify our security frameworks and keep our evidence organized and audit ready. Today we celebrate our SOC 2 Type 1 achievement. Next, we’re focused on SOC 2 Type 2 across all Trust Services Criteria and empowering our HITRUST r2 re-certification journey. Grateful to everyone who helped us get here — and excited for what’s next. #SOC2 #SOC2Type1 #SOC2Type2 #HITRUST #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #GRC #BrightDefense #Sensiba #Drata #ComplianceJourney #SaaSSecurity

It was a privilege to support OCEUS in achieving a perfect 110 score for CMMC Level 2! Thanks for the partnership, Drata team!

Compliance is evolving and tech is leading the charge. ✅ 76% of organizations now have formal compliance training programs. 💻 78% use dedicated ethics and compliance software. 🤖 71% believe AI will positively transform compliance management. From automation to analytics, compliance programs are becoming smarter, faster, and more adaptive. The challenge now is maintaining integrity and oversight as technology takes on a bigger role. At Bright Defense, we help organizations stay secure and compliant without slowing down innovation. Check out 280+ compliance stats: https://lnkd.in/gpPf_AiC

Privacy is changing again in 2026. And this time, the impact reaches every high growth company. California Consumer Privacy Act updates move privacy from simple disclosures to real governance. - Clearer consent rules. - Stronger protection for sensitive personal information. - New expectations for data retention, vendor contracts, and automated decision making. For many startups and SMBs, these changes feel complex at first glance. But the intent is simple. Consumers should know how their data is used, how long it is kept, and who touches it. And businesses should be able to prove they are doing the right things, consistently. What does this mean for companies? You will need stronger documentation, better visibility into data flows, and clearer communication with customers. - Privacy policies will need updates. - Consent banners will need redesigns. - Vendor agreements will need revision. And teams will need workflows that support access requests and deletion requests without delaying operations. At Bright Defense, we help startups and SMBs navigate these updates without slowing growth. • Updating privacy policies for the 2026 standards • Modernizing cookie and consent experiences • Mapping personal and sensitive data across systems • Establishing retention schedules and deletion workflows • Strengthening vendor agreements • Aligning processes with SOC 2 and ISO 27001 Because compliance is not about complexity. It is about clarity, trust, and good governance. Stay tuned as we deep dive into the changes and impact of CCPA 2026 on your business.

Here is a simple math for modern businesses Compliance delays = Lost Revenue Not lost efficiency. Not lost convenience. Lost revenue. In a world where customers expect validation of your security practices before they sign, every delay in compliance creates friction. Deals stall. Timelines slip. Opportunities move on to a vendor who can prove readiness today, not someday. Manual compliance makes this worse. Chasing evidence at the last minute. Updating documents only when an audit is coming. Trying to translate controls under pressure. By the time the paperwork catches up, the deal often does not. At Bright Defense, we help businesses remove that drag on growth through: ✅ Continuous compliance that keeps evidence ready ✅ Automation that replaces manual collection ✅ vCISO guidance that supports customers with confidence and clarity When compliance is always current, sales cycles move faster. Customers feel safer. Trust builds sooner. In today’s market, the speed of your compliance is the speed of your business.

If your business handles customer data, SOC 2 compliance matters more than ever. In 2024, SOC 2 adoptions rose 40%, and 42% of organizations now require their vendors to be certified. If you want to stay competitive and build trust, SOC 2 readiness should be on your roadmap. Bright Defense helps you prepare, simplify documentation, and complete your SOC 2 audit with confidence.

What are the flowdown requirements for CMMC? Flowdowns ensure that every subcontractor handling CUI or FCI meets the correct CMMC level. Primes must identify who touches sensitive data in their supply chain and verify that each subcontractor is compliant. As @Sarah Lange from Prescient Security, a 3PAO, explains, missing these requirements can lead to noncompliance and even contract loss. At Bright Defense, we work closely with subcontractors who often struggle to understand which level applies to them. We help them determine their obligations and support them through the compliance process. Because in the end, the rule is simple. If there is any chance that sensitive data could fall into the hands of a bad actor, that data must be protected. Know more at https://lnkd.in/diN-yEV9 #CMMC #BrightDefense #Cybersecurity #Compliance #PrescientSecurity #SupplyChainSecurity #CISO

🌟 Welcome Darelle Jake Anda to the Bright Defense team!🌟 Darelle joins us as a GRC Analyst with hands-on experience across SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, and HITRUST. His background in internal audits, risk assessments, vulnerability validation, and supporting large enterprise environments will directly strengthen the value we deliver to our clients. We’re thrilled to have him on board. Welcome to Bright Defense, Darelle! 🚀