Data breaches and privacy compromises have become more frequent in recent times and they are making everyone look bad: No matter how sophisticated the attacker, the company on the receiving end of such intrusions always looks woefully unprepared, if not worse — even if it could not possibly have controlled for every factor to which it was subjected and had the right talent at hand.

As intruders are getting more savvy, persistent and patient, businesses would do well to work towards their adherence to a series of different certification regimes. In a new post on the FCPA Blog, author Julie DiMauro outlines several certification regimes that might reduce the risks of data breaches.