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Guides
Plain-language guides to the rules organizations ask us about for compliance and security programs.
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Texas Cybersecurity Safe Harbor (SB 2610)
Texas SB 2610 bars punitive damages in breach suits for businesses under 250 employees with a framework-based security program.
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Texas AI Laws for Health Care Providers
What SB 1188 and HB 149 require when clinics use AI: patient disclosure, practitioner review, and U.S. storage of health records.
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HIPAA Security Risk Analysis
A HIPAA security risk analysis is required for covered entities and business associates.
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California Privacy (CCPA)
Who the thresholds catch, what a request path has to do, and what ALCON DTS does not decide.
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CMMC for DoD Suppliers
CMMC can apply to DoD contractors and suppliers that handle FCI or CUI.
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Texas Breach Notification Law
Texas law requires breach notice to individuals within 60 days and to the Attorney General within 30 days for 250 or more Texans.
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Business Associate Agreements Under HIPAA
HIPAA requires a business associate agreement before a vendor handles patient information.
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CIS Controls® Implementation Group 1 (IG1)
CIS Controls IG1 is 56 essential Safeguards in CIS Controls v8.1.
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NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
NIST CSF 2.0 organizes security into six Functions, including Govern.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot Readiness
Get your Microsoft 365 environment ready for Microsoft Copilot: fix oversharing, apply sensitivity labels, confirm licenses and plan a pilot before rollout.
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ePHI in Microsoft 365
Keeping patient data in Microsoft 365? See what Microsoft’s BAA covers, what you configure, and how MFA, encryption, audit logs and sharing map to HIPAA.
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MFA and Conditional Access
Which MFA methods resist phishing, how Conditional Access and legacy sign-in blocking work, break-glass accounts, and how MFA maps to HIPAA, CMMC and CIS IG1.
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Security Questionnaires
How to answer SIG, CAIQ, HECVAT and cyber insurance questionnaires honestly, what evidence to keep, and how ALCON DTS can help draft technical answers.
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SOC 2
What a customer is asking for, who issues the report, and what ALCON DTS does not sign.
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PCI DSS for Merchants
What the payment standard covers, who decides the questionnaire, and what ALCON DTS does not attest.
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