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
HIPAA for Small Businesses: A Complete Compliance Guide for 2026
TL;DR HIPAA safeguards protected health information and applies to healthcare providers and vendors handling health information. HIPAA includes the Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rule. Compliance requires safeguards like risk assessments, training, and vendor agreements. Many small businesses assume the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) doesn’t apply to them, but that’s a risky…
FedRAMP Compliance Of AWS EC2 Instances: Should You Worry?
If you’re using AWS EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) for your infrastructure, you might be wondering if you need to do anything to meet the security standards for handling government data. The good news is that your cloud service provider has already taken care of that with FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program). FedRAMP sets…
IT Compliance Checklist for Audits and Readiness
TL,DR: An IT compliance audit evaluates systems against framework requirements like SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or PCI DSS. Research shows cyber threats occur every 39 seconds, making regular audits essential for SaaS companies The checklist covers 8 key areas: security control assessment, access management review, data protection evaluation, network security testing, incident response verification,…
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