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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AOC

An Attestation of Compliance (AOC) is a documented declaration of an organization’s compliance with the PCI DSS. It proves that a company can successfully implement outstanding security best practices to protect cardholder data.

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