Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
ISMS
ISMS or information security management system (ISMS) is a set of procedures and policies for systematically managing an enterprise’s sensitive information. The goal of an ISMS is to detect and minimize the risk while ensuring business continuity by proactively countering the impact of a security breach.
Additional reading
Best Risk Assessment Tools for Managing Cyber Risk
Risk assessment is an activity that helps organizations strengthen their security posture. A well-rounded risk assessment process will help you identify potential risks to your compliance, evaluate risk severity, and minimize their impact on business operations and continuity. It will require more than assessing risk to streamline your security-strengthening process; your organization must also deploy…
Everything you don’t see in GRC reports: A look back at Humans of GRC series
When people hear “GRC,” they think policies, audits, frameworks, reports. They think about structure, not stories. Control, not connection. But we’ve spent years inside this world, working alongside the people who do the hard, quiet work—the ones who keep organizations steady through uncertainty, regulation, and change, who step in during crises, adapt to new technologies,…
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5: The Ultimate Guide
A recent study revealed that cyber attacks cost businesses a staggering $4.45 million annually. To combat this, an executive order was recently signed, which mandated agencies to manage cybersecurity risks effectively. This reinforced FISMA’s focus on managing cybersecurity risk and pushed agencies to lean on NIST guidance, especially NIST Special Publication 800-53’s catalog of security…
Sprinto: Your growth superpower
Use Sprinto to centralize security compliance management – so nothing
gets in the way of your moving up and winning big.
