Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
XSS
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is a security vulnerability which allows a cyber threat actor to inject malicious code into a web page viewed by other users to steal their sensitive information or perform unauthorized actions. The attacker exploits the vulnerabilities in the website’s code and then injects scripts that can be executed in the website users’ browsers. The cyber threat actors use XSS attacks to steal login credentials, credit card details, session tokens, and more to perform fraudulent activities.
Additional reading
Proof or Penalty: How Enforcement Is Reshaping Business Compliance
The digital landscape has gone through wave after wave of change, and compliance has evolved right alongside it. Over the years, what was once a static checklist has turned into a moving target, shaped by new technologies and rising risks. And while proof has always been part of compliance, it’s now more important than ever….
A complete guide for Audit-grade Evidence Collection
TL,DR: Evidence collection proves controls, policies, and security practices work as claimed during audits. Audit-grade evidence must be organized, time-stamped, complete, mapped to controls, and reviewable. The article covers logs, change tickets, training records, encryption settings, vendor assessments, and evidence mapping. Frantic strokes battering keyboards, spreadsheets cramming up the screens, screenshots getting pulled from scattered…
A Guide to Achieving Continuous Compliance
TL,DR: Continuous compliance maintains an always-on approach to monitoring security practices against regulatory requirements, replacing periodic manual checks with automated surveillance of systems, applications, employees, and partners The Ponemon Institute reports that the cost of non-compliance is 2.71 times higher than the cost of compliance, broken down into business disruption, productivity losses, revenue losses, and…
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