Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
Card Verification Code or Value
A Card Verification Code/Value (CVC/CVV) is a series of numbers apart from the bank card number that is present on a debit or credit card. It provides an extra layer of security for card-not-present transactions where the PIN can’t be manually entered. In most cards, this is a three-digit number printed alongside the signature box.
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This guide is written for the security, compliance, or GRC lead making that call as frameworks multiply, audits repeat, and risk starts landing on your desk. I work at Sprinto, so consider my judgments as informed but interested. I’ll be straight about where each of the other two is the better fit.
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