Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
PCI DSS – Level 2
PCI DSS – Level 2 applies to merchants that process more than 1 million and less than 6 million card transactions annually. At this level of compliance, a merchant must adhere to the level 2 grade controls that include completing the self-assessment questionnaire and having an onsite audit.
Additional reading
Cyber Hygiene: How to Keep Risk in Check (Based on 100+ Audits)?
Vint Cerf, one of the internet’s pioneers, is said to have coined the term “Cyber Hygiene” by cleverly comparing brushing teeth to protecting one’s online security. Whether this story is fact or completely invented, it makes sense. Just like brushing your teeth is a preventive measure against decay and disease, maintaining good cyber hygiene helps…
HIPAA Certification Cost [Updated 2025 + Free Checklist]
The most common HIPAA budgeting mistakes include underestimating the costs of certification, overlooking the need and costs of ongoing compliance and not updating budgets regularly. This in turn poses a challenge for founders to balance HIPAA certification costs with other business priorities. From preliminary prep work to audit expenses and post-audit maintenance, the costs can…
What Is ISO 27701 (PIMS): Benefits, Primary Focus & Steps
Data privacy is one of the major concerns of your customers, regardless of the industry you operate in. 94% of businesses believe that consumers will reject their products if they’re not reassured about their Privacy Information Management Systems (PIMS). But there’s already a strong framework for information security: ISO 27001, so what more? Think of…

Sprinto: Your growth superpower
Use Sprinto to centralize security compliance management – so nothing
gets in the way of your moving up and winning big.
