Meeting compliance requirements is a key concern for many organizations, especially in highly-regulated industries. In this blog, we’ll take a look at the key features you can leverage in your LMS to help with compliance management.
These days most organizations face compliance requirements of some description. Whether you’re in finance or pharma, manufacturing or aviation, non-compliance with industry and government regulations can result in considerable penalties.
This doesn’t just mean fines.
Reputational damage, site shutdowns and loss of revenue are just a few of the repercussions of poor compliance management.
Fortunately, there are a number of ways you can use an LMS to improve your organization’s compliance management. Here’s our rundown of the most useful features any robust LMS should have to reduce the risks of non-compliance.
Compliance management: Security matters first
As a data center, your LMS is a compliance risk area.
Regulations around data protection may include specific requirements on how data centers host and share information. In addition to this, your learning content may well contain proprietary or confidential information you do not want to risk leaking into the public sphere.
Your LMS should be as safe and secure as possible.
For example, if your LMS is cloud-based then a single-tenant SaaS implementation is likely to be the safest option. You may also consider an on-premise implementation if a cloud-based LMS does not meet your organization’ specific security needs.
ISO 27001 is a rigorous security standard which a few LMSs, such as NetDimensions Learning, have achieved. This standard requires a comprehensive framework of security controls, as well as regular external audits.
