When Jared Knisley, President of CMIT Solutions of Tampa-Temple Terrace, met Jay Anthony, President of Audit Liaison, he knew that a mutually beneficial relationship was in store.
Audit Liaison provides compliance audit preparation services for growing companies, and many of their clients are looking to become compliant with the US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST guidance provides a set of common standards for recommended security controls of information systems at federal agencies. These standards are endorsed by the US government, and companies comply with NIST standards because they encompass security best practices across a range of industries.
NIST recently updated its widely adopted standards, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. These standards help organizations in industries like energy, banking, communications, defense, and manufacturing to operate critical infrastructure and better secure their digital assets.
Once Jay Anthony and his Audit Liaison team perform their audit readiness services for businesses, they find that in many cases clients don’t have the bandwidth to meet the requirements for NIST compliance. These companies may have to reconfigure many technological systems to make them compliant. When these clients have difficulty devoting internal resources to the necessary job, Jared Knisley and his team at CMIT Solutions can step in.
Before I started working with Jared and his team, I didn’t have a go-to resource in these difficult situations,” says Jay Anthony. “CMIT Solutions understands the systems and controls needed for compliance – and there’s no doubt that they know what needs to be implemented. It’s an easy referral.”
Audit Liaison itself brought CMIT on board to transition the team to a secure Office 365 program. According to Jay Anthony, “CMIT Solutions has made a positive impact in that they make us look very polished and professional. Now, Audit Liaison is a one-stop shop for our clients. Not only can we guide them on what they need to do to be compliant, we have partners we can bring to the table to make the work easier. Jared and his team are easy to work with and responsive. In the year or so since we’ve been working together, I’ve referred several clients to Jared.”
As CMIT Solutions continues to pave the way with affordable IT solutions for North America’s small and medium-sized businesses, top-notch client relations and technology innovations remain at the center of the brand’s philosophy. And as Jared Knisley of CMIT Solutions of Tampa Temple Terrace discovered, meeting the right contact can lead to a lot of good business coming through the door.
