Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
Control
Cybersecurity controls are specifically designed mechanism that is used to prevent, detect and reduce cyber-attacks and threats to data, including intrusion prevention systems and DDoS mitigation.
Additional reading
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