Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
Availability
Availability means the healthcare facility should keep their hardware and software systems up and running properly. This requires covered entities and business associates to keep their infrastructure updated to protect it against security threats.
Availability is a requirement for HIPAA technical and physical safeguards. Its goal is to allow authorized individuals to access necessary information as and when required.
Additional reading
Information Assurance vs Cybersecurity: Differences & Similarities
Information assurance and cybersecurity are terms that find their way into every general discussion about data protection. Both disciplines protect information from being misused, destroyed, modified, or lost. However, the two terms have some significant differences that security teams and founders must note. Understanding the nuances of both disciplines is crucial for organizations to build…
A Quick Guide to SOC 2 Vendor ManagementÂ
Over the last two years, it is estimated that 98% of organizations have experienced a data breach attributed to third-party risks. Organizations often overlook the importance of vendor management while framing the risk management process. And this can come with devastating consequences. At some point, cyber threat actors try to exploit and gain access to…
Meta and TikTok DSA Case: When Compliance on Paper Isn’t Enough
Meta and TikTok may face penalties of up to 6% of their global earnings for breaching the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), but the real significance lies not in the amount, but in what triggered the penalties. In this instance, the regulator did not penalize legal non-compliance. They punished operational failure: controls that existed on…
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