Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
Data Subject
Data Subject is an individual that can be identified with personal information indicators. Personal information identifiers include but may not be limited to their name, address, phone number, email, location data or other factors that specify a person’s physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economical, cultural or social identity.
Additional reading
IT Risk Management Frameworks (Types and Preparation Steps)
TL,DR: An IT Risk Management Framework provides a structured workflow integrating privacy, security, and supply chain risk management into the system development lifecycle Five major frameworks to consider: ISO 27001/27002 (globally adopted ISMS), NIST CSF (flexible for all industries), COBIT (aligns IT with business goals), COSO ERM (integrates risk with strategy), and FAIR (quantitative risk…
EU Data Act 2023 Explained: How to Prepare for it ?
By 2025, transmission of 180 Zettabytes of data is projected within the EU. For context, 11 trillion gigabytes make 1 zettabyte. While GDPR does what it does best to protect the privacy and integrity of user data, the need for a regulation purpose built to cater to the age of IoT(Internet of Things) and cloud computing…
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM): A Strategic Guide for Modern Businesses
As companies grow, their operational complexity, customer bases, and the volume of data they process each day grow as well. With this overall growth and increased surface area come unprecedented risks: enterprises must process larger amounts of data, uphold data subject rights, and keep that data safe from internal and external threats. This means that…

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