SERIES: “The Death of Compliance Theater” — Part 2 of 3 Part 1 of this series made the case that a passing audit and a secure environment are two different things, answering two different questions. This post is about a specific, well-intentioned attempt to close that gap and why it mostly automated the wrong half of
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SERIES: “The Death of Compliance Theater” — Part 1 of 3 In 2013, Target passed its PCI-DSS assessment. The retailer was, on paper, compliant with the payment card industry’s security standard, the same standard designed specifically to prevent exactly the kind of attack that hit it a few months later, when attackers used stolen vendor
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Organizations manage sensitive data, operate under complex regulations, and face relentless cyber threats. Yet traditional compliance—point-in-time audits, annual assessments, and static reporting—is no longer enough. Attackers don’t wait until your next audit, and regulators expect security to be proactive, not reactive. That’s why modern organizations are embracing continuous compliance—a model that ensures compliance is maintained
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