Glossary of Compliance

Compliance Glossary

Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.

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Residual Risk

Residual risk is the risk posed to an enterprise after security measures have been put into place.

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FISMA

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soc 2 requirements

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