Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
External Entity
External entity can be an outside individual, organisation or an outside system/application that is a source or recipient of data-flow. These entities do not lie inside the investigated subject and can be a potential threat to it.
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