Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
Deterrent Controls
Deterrent controls are administrative mechanisms (such as policies, standards, procedures, laws, guidelines, and regulations) that are used to advise the execution of security within an enterprise.
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10 Best CASB Solutions for Enhanced Cloud Security
The pre-cloud architecture allowed for on-premise hosting of data and applications. Organizations traditionally deployed several single solutions, such as Virtual Private networks (VPNs), Data loss prevention tools (DLPs), firewalls, etc., to address unique security challenges. However, as data started residing in multi-cloud environments, with each cloud service provider having its own policies, there arose a…
NIST 800-171 Checklist: Fastrack Your NIST Compliance
NIST 800-171, or NIST SP 800-171, is a guideline issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for non-federal entities. It outlines rules for securely handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), covering storage, processing, and transmission. If your organization does business with the U.S. DoD, you must be NIST 800-171 compliant. It is designed…
Meta and TikTok DSA Case: When Compliance on Paper Isn’t Enough
Meta and TikTok may face penalties of up to 6% of their global earnings for breaching the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), but the real significance lies not in the amount, but in what triggered the penalties. In this instance, the regulator did not penalize legal non-compliance. They punished operational failure: controls that existed on…
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