Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
Designated Record Set
A Designated Record Set is the records maintained by or for a covered entity to make decisions about people. It usually contains billing records, medical records, payment and claims records, case management records, health plan enrollment records, and so on.
Additional reading
DORA and Essential Eight: Security Compliance Guide
TL,DR: DORA is a mandatory EU regulation strengthening digital resilience across the financial sector. The Essential Eight is an Australian ASD framework protecting IT networks from cyber threats DORA covers 6 areas: ICT risk management, third-party risk, resilience testing, incident management, information sharing, and provider oversight. Essential Eight addresses application control, patching, macro settings, MFA,…
FedRAMP for Startups: Unlocking the Door to Federal Contracts
As of July 2025, the FedRAMP marketplace lists over 400 authorized cloud service offerings, having doubled its footprint over the past two years. For modern SaaS startups, achieving FedRAMP compliance is not optional. This will help you unlock lucrative federal contracts and prove security credibility at scale. Yet the journey can be complex and resource-intensive….
100+ Compliance Statistics You Should Know in 2026
We have noticed that over the past few years, compliance has become one of the biggest priorities for organizations of all shapes and sizes. And there’s good reason for that. A rapidly growing threat landscape, a series of high-profile data breaches, and the first AI-specific compliance, have raised both the scrutiny and the price of…
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