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ZenGRC Extends Leadership Momentum with Four Badges on G2 Summer 2020 Grid Report for GRC Platforms

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Recognized as Leader, Momentum Leader, Users Love Us, and Easiest To Do Business With

SAN FRANCISCO – June 25, 2020 – Reciprocity, the company behind ZenGRC, the industry-leading information security risk and compliance solution, today announced ZenGRC has earned four badges on the G2 Summer 2020 Grid Report. This marks the 14th consecutive quarter ZenGRC has been recognized by G2 in its quarterly report. G2 is a peer-to-peer business solutions review website, leveraging customer feedback to rank the best business software and services. In the GRC Platforms category, products are ranked by customer satisfaction and market presence on the Grid Report. The four badges awarded to ZenGRC are:

  • Leader: ZenGRC was rated highly by G2 users and had substantial Satisfaction and Market Presence scores
  • Momentum Leader: ZenGRC ranked in the top 25% of the GRC Platforms category
  • Users Love Us: ZenGRC had at least 20 reviews with an average rating of at least 4 stars
  • Easiest To Do Business With ZenGRC earned the highest rating for Ease of Doing Business With

“We are thrilled that ZenGRC earned four badges in the G2 Summer 2020 Grid Report. We’re particularly excited that this is the third quarter in a row that ZenGRC has been awarded a badge in the Leader quadrant, and the second quarter in a row ZenGRC has earned the ‘Momentum Leader’ badge. This recognition proves that we’re building momentum as an industry leader, and delivering on our commitment to provide the best and most innovative information security risk and compliance solution on the market,” said Jordan MacAvoy, Vice President of Marketing at Reciprocity. “Earning the badges for ‘Users Love Us’ and ‘Easiest To Do Business With’ reinforces that we’re meeting our goal to closely partner with our customers to successfully fill a mission-critical need for CISOs.” 

This news follows the recent announcement that Reciprocity’s ZenGRC Won the 2020 Fortress Cyber Security Award for Compliance. 

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About G2

G2, the world’s leading business solution review platform, leverages more than 680,000 user reviews to drive better purchasing decisions. Business professionals, buyers, investors, and analysts use the site to compare and select the best software and services based on peer reviews and synthesized social data. Every month, more than one million people visit G2’s site to gain unique insights. Co-founded by the founder and former executives of SaaS leaders like BigMachines (acquired by Oracle) and SteelBrick (acquired by Salesforce) and backed by more than $100 million in the capital, G2 aims to bring authenticity and transparency to the business marketplace. For more information, go to g2.com

About Reciprocity

Reciprocity’s mission is to turn corporate compliance from a cost center into a valuable strategic asset. Our ZenGRC platform simplifies the way organizations manage information security risk and compliance, and encourages transparency and trusted relationships with key stakeholders. Find out why the world’s leading companies trust ZenGRC at www.zengrc.com

Reciprocity, ZenGRC, and ZenConnect are trademarks and registered trademarks of Reciprocity in the United States and other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective owners. © 2020 Reciprocity. All rights reserved.

Reciprocity Media Inquiries:

Kari Curto

press@reciprocity.com

(650) 504-1076

What is Hybrid Cloud?

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Hybrid cloud uses a combination of two or more clouds using on-premises, private cloud, and third-party, public cloud services, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform, or Microsoft Azure, with orchestration between the public cloud and private cloud platforms. 

Hybrid clouds enable workloads to transition between private clouds and public clouds as the organizations’ computing needs and costs change. 

Consequently, hybrid clouds offer companies more flexibility and more data deployment options.

Every hybrid cloud should:

  • Consolidate IT resources
  • Scale and provision of new resources quickly
  • Connect multiple computers through a network
  • Have the ability to transition workloads between environments
  • Incorporate one, unified management tool
  • Orchestrate processes with the help of automation.

Building a hybrid cloud environment is different for every company as there’s no one-size-fits-all hybrid cloud approach. The way a company organizes its cloud resources and builds a hybrid cloud will be unique because the way an organization uses private cloud services and public cloud services depends on its needs and priorities. 

To determine an appropriate balance between public clouds and private clouds, an organization should take into consideration a number of factors, including its IT budget, the strength of its internet infrastructure in the areas where it operates, and whether it is required to comply with any regulations. 

In addition, the company should allow for applications that can’t be easily migrated to the cloud, as well as cloud-based applications that can’t run on-premises.

Deploying a hybrid cloud environment is a good option for a company that wants to ensure the privacy and security of its data while being able to quickly respond to market changes. 

A well-designed integrated and managed hybrid cloud can be as secure as traditional on-premises IT infrastructure. Although there are some unique hybrid cloud security challenges, including data migration, increased complexity, and a larger attack surface, having multiple environments can better protect against security risks. 

That’s because the interconnected environments allow organizations to decide where to place sensitive data based on their requirements and enable security teams to standardize redundant cloud storage to supplement their disaster recovery efforts.

Many vendors provide hybrid cloud solutions. Public cloud operators, including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Rackspace offer software (some through third-parties) to make it easier for organizations to deploy hybrid clouds.

AWS Outposts offers companies the same AWS hardware infrastructure, services, APIs, and tools to build and run their applications on-premises and in the cloud for a consistent hybrid experience. 

For Microsoft Azure deployments, Azure Stack lets companies run Azure applications from the public Azure cloud while using data that are hosted on-premise. 

In 2018, IBM’s $34 billion purchase of Red Hat was widely viewed as a bet on the future of hybrid cloud, as companies integrating cloud resources to replace or supplement on-premises tools were threatening the future of IBM.

Other cloud service providers offer more tailored tools, such as Fujitsu Hybrid Cloud Services, which combines Fujitsu’s private cloud services with Microsoft Azure. 

And the Japanese telecom company NTT offers hybrid cloud solutions that aim to help companies comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) regulations.

Reciprocity’s ZenGRC Wins 2020 Fortress Cyber Security Award

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SAN FRANCISCO – June 16, 2020 – Reciprocity, the company behind ZenGRC, the industry-leading information security risk and compliance solution, today announced that ZenGRC has won the 2020 Fortress Cyber Security Awards in the Compliance category. The industry awards program sought to identify and reward the world’s leading companies and products that are working to keep our data and electronic assets safe among a growing threat from hackers. 

ZenGRC is a cloud-based, end-to-end information security risk and compliance management platform designed to tame today’s complex data universe for mid-market and large enterprises alike. Highlights include:

  • ZenGRC: a single platform to manage infosec risk and compliance with confidence by automating data collection, integrating with leading business and infosec applications, enabling adherence to a majority of security, audit, and compliance regulations and standards, and delivering best-in-class time to value
  • ZenGRC +ZenConnect: connected ecosystem with best-of-breed solutions to automate and integrate with leading business and infosec apps – via native connectors and APIs – providing a single pane for infosec compliance and risk management with reporting, dashboards, and real-time monitoring
  • ZenGRC Risk Management: advanced risk capabilities including fully customizable risk calculations, advanced workflows, custom dashboards, reporting and heat maps, and pre-loaded content

“The team at Reciprocity is incredibly proud to be recognized with the Fortress Cyber Security Award for Compliance. This award further validates that ZenGRC is setting the industry standard for how modern companies manage information security risk and compliance,” said Jordan MacAvoy, Vice President of Marketing at Reciprocity. “Our goal is, and always has been, to give CISOs and their stakeholders the confidence that their companies are well-positioned to handle even the most complex risks and regulations while delivering fast time-to-value and incredible ROI. We love that we’re helping companies move beyond check-the-box compliance to a true risk-based approach.”

“We are so proud to name ZenGRC as a winner in the 2020 Fortress Cyber Security Awards program,” said Maria Jimenez, Chief Nominations Officer, Business Intelligence Group. “As our society continues to evolve and become more reliant on networks and data, companies like Reciprocity are critical at providing the protection and trust consumers demand.”

For information about the annual Fortress Cyber Security Awards, please visit https://www.bintelligence.com/fortress-cyber-security-awards.

About Business Intelligence Group 

The Business Intelligence Group was founded with the mission of recognizing true talent and superior performance in the business world. Unlike other industry award programs, these programs are judged by business executives having experience and knowledge. The organization’s proprietary and unique scoring system selectively measures performance across multiple business domains and rewards those companies whose achievements stand above those of their peers. www.bintelligence.com

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Business Intelligence Group

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About Reciprocity

Reciprocity’s mission is to turn corporate compliance from a cost center into a valuable strategic asset. Our ZenGRC platform simplifies the way organizations manage information security risk and compliance, and encourages transparency and trusted relationships with key stakeholders. Find out why the world’s leading companies trust ZenGRC at www.zengrc.com 

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Reciprocity, ZenGRC and ZenConnect are trademarks and registered trademarks of Reciprocity in the United States and other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective owners. © 2020 Reciprocity. All rights reserved.

For more information contact:

Kari Curto

press@reciprocity.com

(650) 504-1076

Reciprocity Announces ZenGRC Connector for ServiceNow

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Customers Benefit from Tight Sync, Seamless Communication and Plug-and-Play Integration Between Popular Cloud-Based Solutions

SAN FRANCISCO – May 20, 2020 – Reciprocity, the company behind ZenGRC, the industry-leading information security risk and compliance solution, today announced the expansion of ZenGRC capabilities to include a connector for ServiceNow, the leading digital workflow company. The ZenGRC connector for ServiceNow provides multiple benefits to customers using ServiceNow for their digital workflows, and ZenGRC for risk, compliance, and audit management. Highlights include:

  • Work where teams are most efficient: bi-directional sync makes it easy for teams to collaborate in the system in which they’re most comfortable. No additional training for ServiceNow users on ZenGRC is needed, there’s no need to go back and forth between the systems, and operational reporting stays in ServiceNow
  • Seamless communication: once systems are synced, never worry about data silos or information not being properly shared, stored, or tracked. Facilitates quick response to clarification questions, and requests for additional evidence which reduces audit time and time to remediate issues. ZenGRC users who don’t have ServiceNow user accounts can still access attachments and comments submitted in ServiceNow which is particularly important for external auditors
  • Ready to go out of the box: it takes less than 20 minutes to set up and configure the ZenGRC connector for ServiceNow. Once set up, teams are self-sufficient with no additional effort required from ServiceNow admins

“ServiceNow is a critical component to our IT infrastructure and when we were evaluating risk and compliance solutions, it was a requirement that it integrated with ServiceNow,” said Steven Landman, IT GRC Analyst at Chipotle. “The ZenGRC connector for ServiceNow brings the two solutions together in a way that allows us to maximize efficiency, streamline processes, and have a single source for all reporting and insights. Reciprocity has been great to work with. They have listened to our feedback, invested in helping us achieve our goals, and been a great partner. I highly recommend ZenGRC to any ServiceNow customer looking for a risk and compliance solution.” 

“With the ZenGRC connector for ServiceNow, we’ve built a powerful integrated solution that allows team members to work where they’re most efficient. Risk and compliance teams can run critical processes, including internal and external audit, out of ZenGRC, while key stakeholders can work from the comfort of their ServiceNow instance,” said Scott Nash, Vice President of Product at Reciprocity. “While it was a significant investment to deliver this experience, the end result for our joint customers has been incredible. We’ve helped them remove data silos, increase visibility with better reporting and analytics, and get work done much more efficiently.” 

ZenGRC provides exceptional value, including the best-in-class time to value and total cost of ownership, with a flexible platform that fits unique program requirements, pre-loaded with content and templates, and white-glove onboarding from our team of industry experts. Current customers can contact their customer success manager, and access educational materials at ZenUniversity. For more information or to schedule a demo, go to www.zengrc.com

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About Reciprocity

Reciprocity’s mission is to turn corporate compliance from a cost center into a valuable strategic asset. Our ZenGRC platform simplifies the way organizations manage information security risk and compliance, and encourages transparency and trusted relationships with key stakeholders. Find out why the world’s leading companies trust ZenGRC at www.zengrc.com 

Reciprocity, ZenGRC, and ZenConnect are trademarks and registered trademarks of Reciprocity in the United States and other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective owners. © 2020 Reciprocity. All rights reserved.

 

For more information contact:

Kari Curto

press@reciprocity.com

(650) 504-1076

 

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