Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
Data Classification Level
Data classification is a method for categorizing and defining files and other critical business information based on their information sensitivity. It’s mainly used in big corporations to build security systems that follow strict security compliance guidelines but are also effective in small environments.
Additional reading
CMMC Certification Cost: Breaking Down the Cost Components
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), developed by the U.S. Department of Defense details the cybersecurity requirements for contractors in the Defense Industrial Base. It is published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). If you are a defense contractor, you must protect controlled unclassified information (CUI) from a wide range of threats…
Risk Quantification: Understanding Key Elements, Models, & ChallengesÂ
Cloud-hosted companies are facing a number of challenges – increasing cloud adoption, digital disruption, increased regulatory practices, broken or mismanaged controls, and more. All these are adding a list of high risk items, but realistically speaking, it is not possible to address it all and if everything is important, then nothing is important. This has…
HITRUST Compliance: A Complete Guide
For healthcare companies, obtaining certification from HITRUST (Health Information Trust Alliance) isn’t just about ticking a compliance box—it’s a commitment to establishing a robust standard for data protection. According to a HIMSS survey, a significant 81% of US hospitals and health systems, along with 83% of health plans, have chosen HITRUST as their primary framework…

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