Ever been to a water park and gone down one of those enormous slides? If so, you likely remember there being a park lifeguard at the top of the slide and near the bottom to ensure your continued safety. But imagine if those employees weren’t trained in safety and first aid—of course, the ride was likely designed well and with other safeguards, but it would make for a serious oversight by the park to do all that while not also ensuring their employees keep guests safe.

This week marks the first anniversary of Schellman's Weekly Read—over the past year, we've sent a Friday email to subscribers containing links to our latest and greatest content. To mark the occasion—fifty-two straight weeks of thought leadership and compliance insight, we've put together the Schellman Weekly Read Top 5 Posts (as determined by most clicks).

Among the growing concerns regarding climate change, social inequality, and corporate responsibility, (environmental, social, and governance) ESG reporting has become a tool for businesses to demonstrate their commitment to sustainability.

TAMPA, Fla. – July 10, 2024 – Schellman, a leading provider of attestation and compliance services and a top 50 CPA firm, is excited to announce the appointment of Alyson Young Castillo as its new Chief Growth Officer. Castillo, with her extensive experience in tech, advisory, and professional services, will spearhead Schellman’s accelerated growth initiatives.

Back in 2018, the French government introduced—by way of its Public Health Code (Article L.1111-8)— HDS certification, mandating that all entities hosting personal health data must successfully achieve certification. Now, in 2024, they’ve published a new HDS framework with changes, expositions, and removals of language that organizations affected will need to know in order to comply.

Now that the deadline for the CISA Secure Software Development form is quickly approaching, organizations are working to ensure they get their attestation in order—that includes FedRAMP Cloud Service Providers (CSPs).