RelationalAI Achieves Triple Attestation Milestone – Simultaneous SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, and GDPR with Akitra's Strategic Guidance
From facing manual challenges to achieving resource savings – RelationalAI’s journey towards efficient compliance.
RelationalAI, a leading player in the AI coprocessing domain serving some Fortune 500 customers, recognized the importance of gaining trust through regulatory compliance. Seeking security and compliance certifications such as SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR and ISO 27001 to bolster confidence in their operations, they partnered with Akitra. Leveraging Akitra’s user-friendly compliance automation platform, the collaboration facilitated a streamlined process, enabling RelationalAI to successfully attain these certifications rapidly and affirm their commitment to stringent data security and regulatory standards.
The Challenge
Embarking on the pursuit of regulatory compliance, RelationalAI faced multifaceted challenges:
Diverse Customer Base: With a growing customer portfolio, including major banks and technology firms, RelationalAI needed to meet the various compliance expectations of industries with disparate systems.
Regulatory Roadblocks: The absence of certifications such as SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, ISO 27001 and GDPR hindered market penetration, particularly in healthcare and global markets.
Manual Approach Inefficiencies: The traditional manual compliance process posed challenges in document management, responsiveness to audit requirements, and overall efficiency.
Compliance Partnership: Recognizing the importance of certification validation to prospective customers, RelationalAI understood the necessity of close partnership with a leading next generation compliance automation vendor to attain various standards efficiently, rapidly and smoothly.
Working with Akitra has transformed our compliance journey, offering an unparalleled efficiency that sets them apart. The Akitra team acts as a valuable buffer between us and auditors, allowing us to navigate complex frameworks seamlessly.
Thomas Weber
Senior Director of IT, RelationalAI
Akitra's Solution
RelationalAI turned to Akitra, a leading next generation compliance automation platform company, to streamline and accelerate the attestation and certification process. Akitra’s compliance automation platform presented a tailored solution to RelationalAI’s intricate compliance needs:
Platform Integration: Akitra’s compliance automation platform seamlessly integrated with RelationalAI systems, providing a controlled policy and control definition environment.
Evidentiary Streamlining: The Akitra team provided hands-on support, guiding RelationalAI through setup and evidence collection, ensuring a smoother and accelerated certification process.
Policy and Controls Definition: Akitra provided ready-made policy documents and templates for using the existing policies they had thereby facilitating the swiftly setting up the robust processes for RelationalAI.
Notifications: Akitra’s notification system proved invaluable for RelationalAI, providing timely alerts on required information.
Gap Analysis: Akitra’s solution played a crucial role in conducting gap analysis for RelationalAI, providing insights into existing vulnerabilities and areas for improvement.
The Result
The collaboration with Akitra proved instrumental in achieving SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, and GDPR attestations and led to tangible results for RelationalAI:
Timely Certification Completion: RelationalAI met and exceeded regulatory expectations, securing SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, and GDPR attestations promptly with Akitra’s support.
Enhanced Customer Trust: The attainment of
SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, and GDPR attestations was a testament to RelationalAI’s unwavering dedication to security and customer data protection.
Saved Resources: Akitra’s streamlined processes and proactive support expedited the compliance journey and translated into substantial resource savings for RelationalAI.
Future Readiness: The collaboration positioned RelationalAI for future certifications, with immediate plans to pursue ISO 27001 and continued expansion of compliance credentials.
Akitra’s approach is not only different but significantly more efficient, providing a level of support that has made attaining attestations and certifications a remarkably positive experience for us. Their unique process has proven to be a game-changer, making the entire compliance journey a valuable experience.
