Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
AOV
Assessors and/or labs can certify the findings of an assessment on the Attestation of Validation (AOV) form, which are then included in the relevant Report on Validation.
Additional reading
Risk Appetite vs. Risk Tolerance: Decoding the Differences
When it comes to risk management, even seasoned veterans can mix up terminology—there are a myriad of terms that are meaning-adjacent. A prime example is the misuse of “risk appetite” and “risk tolerance” as interchangeable terms, or even misapplying them entirely. However, It’s only when these two terms are well understood that security teams can…
Proactive Risk Management Vs Reactive [How to Implement It]
In September 2017, Equifax, one of the largest credit reporting agencies, reported a data breach. Sensitive personal data of 147 million people, such as Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses, driver’s license numbers, and credit card information, was exposed. Investigations pinpointed the incident to a failure to address a known vulnerability in their web application…
Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS): Why Traditional Pen Testing Falls Short
Security audits demand proof of resilience. Compliance frameworks expect validation of controls. Customers and regulators want assurance that vulnerabilities aren’t just discovered—but fixed. So, you schedule a penetration test. Ethical hackers probe your systems, document their findings, and deliver a report. Your team patches the vulnerabilities. The auditors check a box. And then? Nothing. For…
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