Donald Mills

Donald Mills

Donald Mills is a Cybersecurity Practitioner with Compass IT Compliance. Donald is an information technology & cybersecurity professional with over 15 years of experience in the field. He maintained security programs at the base level for the USAF and managed numerous system and network accreditations for USSTRATCOM and the Air Force Weather Agency. Donald holds multiple industry level certifications and has a background in security consulting and enabling businesses to align security controls effectively into their organization. He has extensive experience in PCI assessments and has performed audits for multiple Fortune 500 companies.

Posts by Donald Mills

Preparing for a BIA – Understanding RTO and RPO

Preparing for a BIA – Understanding RTO and RPO

In my time as a security and compliance auditor and virtual CISO, I have reviewed countless business continuity plans (BCPs) resulting from regulatory and industry requirements to which clients must adhere. For the most part, the business continuity plans I have reviewed were written …

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Risk Management – Everyone Needs a Seat at the Table

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In the security world there’s a common saying that compliance isn’t security and security isn’t compliance. I believe what gets missed in this saying is the role proper risk assessments and risk management play in marrying up security and compliance.

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PCI, Service Providers, and You

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As merchants increasingly utilize trusted partners to maintain and manage critical pieces of their business, information technology, and security infrastructure, it becomes necessary to build a program to manage these vendors.

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