Glossary of Compliance

Compliance Glossary

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Glossary » ISO 27001 » Disaster

Disaster

Critical events such as cyber–attacks, natural disasters (earthquakes, floods, etc.), or hardware failures like routers or servers that affect the activities of an enterprise.

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