Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
Hybrid Entity
A Hybrid Entity in HIPAA is a covered entity that performs some of its functions as a covered entity (relating to healthcare) and others as a non-covered entity. These entities can avail some regulatory relief as their non-covered function doesn’t need to comply with the full scope of HIPAA privacy rules.
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Understanding The Different Types Of Compliance Audits
Compliance audits are silent sentinels, your guardians of integrity in a world where trust is currency. Far from being mere bureaucratic exercises, these audits serve as vital tools for risk management, operational efficiency, and maintaining stakeholder trust. From the rigorous scrutiny of financial compliance audits to the meticulous examination of data protection in privacy audits,…
Common Control Framework: The Complete Implementation Guide
If you handle sensitive data, you might find yourself in the alphabet soup of regulations – SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, NIST, CCPA, ISO, and more. Some mandatory and others voluntary, but complying with multiple frameworks is a lot of work and often spirals into chaos unless you have a methodical approach to systematically manage it…
NIST Cybersecurity Best Practices
The NIST cybersecurity framework holds a reputable name in the world of cybersecurity. It is mandatory for companies within the US federal network but companies from other industries like SaaS and tech can also adopt it should they have clients within the network. Unlike many other frameworks, NIST has a non-typical approach to implementation and…
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