SharePoint Validation: Quality and Compliance Portals

I am often asked the question… “can SharePoint be validated?” The short answer is YES but it often requires customization to achieve deliver compliance objectives. The longer response requires further examination as to why people ask the question and the nature of SharePoint as a content management system. With the release of Office 365® reaching over […]
Is Your Validation Team Ready For GDPR?

GDPR stands for the General Data Protection Regulation. It governs all personal data collected by companies for customers, potential customers, employees, and others. Regulators are keen to understand how this information is managed and maintained over time. In April 2016 the FDA issued new draft guidance for data integrity and compliance with cGMP. The guidance […]
Risk Management & Computer Systems Validation: The Power Twins

For as long as systems have been validated, risk is an inherent part of the process. Although validation engineers have been drafting risk assessments since the beginning of computer systems validation, many do not understand how crucial this process is to the overall validation process. Risk management and validation go hand-in-hand. The ISPE GAMP 5® […]
How Vulnerable Is Your Validated System Environment?

If you are a validation engineer reading this post, I have a simple question to ask you.. “How vulnerable is your validated systems environment?” Has anyone ever asked you this question? How often do you think about the impact of a cyber threat against your validated computer system? I know… you may be thinking that […]