Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
Adequacy Decision
The EU made an adequacy decision which is a formal decision that recognizes that another country, sector, territory, or international company provides an equivalent level of protection for personal data, same as the EU does.
Additional reading
ISO 27001 Password Policy: Guidelines and Best Practices
Identity theft is not a joke, Jim. Millions of people suffer every year! Remember this dialogue from the popular TV show The Office? As compliance experts, we believe these are golden words to live by. Identity theft in a business environment ranges from wide net phishing attempts to targeted spear phishing attempts. And this is…
Types of HIPAA Rules – Benefits & Penalties with HIPAA Rules
A patient’s health and financial information are sensitive. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, was passed to safeguard patients’ Protected Health Information (PHI). The rules laid down by HIPAA are federal law and limit the use and disclosure of PHI by healthcare providers and related entities. Failure to adhere to HIPAA rules…
GRC Integrations: Connecting Compliance and Risk Across Your Tech Stack
GRC integrations are crucial to better managing risk. Let’s look at it this way: What percentage of your audit prep time is spent proving things you already know are true versus discovering things that might be false? If you’re like most companies, it’s 90% proving and 10% discovering. You know MFA is enforced. You know…

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