Glossary of Compliance

Compliance Glossary

Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.

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Facility Security Plan

Facility Security Plan lays down the policies and procedures to prevent, detect, respond to and recover from security incidents that may occur in or around the facility and its servicing vessels.The protection of the facility here includes the security of the people on the facility, the inventory and other assets and equipment.

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