Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
XSS
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) is a security vulnerability which allows a cyber threat actor to inject malicious code into a web page viewed by other users to steal their sensitive information or perform unauthorized actions. The attacker exploits the vulnerabilities in the website’s code and then injects scripts that can be executed in the website users’ browsers. The cyber threat actors use XSS attacks to steal login credentials, credit card details, session tokens, and more to perform fraudulent activities.
Additional reading
Security Compliance Management: How to Automate
Imagine this. You’re a top executive in the finance department of the company. One day, you receive an email from your CEO’s email address explaining in great detail a scenario that resulted in him not being able to login to one of your databases. Nothing really seems to raise an alarm. The domain name looks…
ISO 27001 Mandatory Documents [Free Template]
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Becoming a Chief Compliance Officer: Skills, Duties and Pathway
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