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.
Additional reading
7 Different Stages of the Vendor Management Lifecycle
TL,DR: Vendor management lifecycle covers vendor selection through onboarding, performance monitoring, renewal, and offboarding. The article explains how third-party risk affects operations, security, contracts, and service continuity. You’ll learn the seven lifecycle stages and the controls needed to manage vendors responsibly. In a recent Gartner survey, 84% of risk committee members reported that gaps in…
List of 18 CIS Critical Security Controls: Updated V8 Complete Checklist
A research conducted by Ponemon Institute in 2022 found that an organization’s cloud security maturity levels impact the cost of a data breach – higher the maturity, lower the cost. Using CIS controls you can build a strong security posture to bring down the cost of a potential data breach for your business. But what…
Access Control List: A Critical Tool for Securing Your Network
TL,DR: An access control list (ACL) is a register defining user permissions that grant or deny access to critical systems and networks. Insiders caused 20% of data breaches in 2022 due to privilege creep (Verizon) Two types exist: standard ACLs (filter by source IP only, applied near destination) and extended ACLs (filter by source IP,…

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