Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
PCI SSC
PCI SSC is the acronym for Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council. The council was created by the collective efforts of American Express, JCB International, Master Card, Visa Inc, and Discover Financial Services on Sep 7th, 2006.
The primary purpose of PCI SSC was to manage the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) as it was evolving lightning fast and cybercrime was taking new angles.
Additional reading
How to Prepare Yourself for ISO 27001 Surveillance Audit
If your organization has implemented ISO 27001, it must be audited by an accredited auditor to be certified. An ISO 27001 audit reviews your organization’s information security management system (ISMS) against a set of defined standards. Once you are certified, it does not stop there. Maintaining it involves more work, both for you and the…
What is ISO 27001 Gap Analysis & How to Get Started ?
The applicability of the ISO 27001 standard can be daunting for companies of all sizes. Faced with a wealth of requirements and best practices, organizations need help determining how to implement the most cost-effective solution. A proper gap analysis looks at a company’s existing security management system about the ISO’s guidelines and can help them…
NIST Compliance: A Comprehensive Guide
NIST asserts significant influence on a number of standards. It provides a framework for security teams to identify, detect, and respond to threats. As a widely recognized security standard, it specifies guidelines for federal security systems. One of its most widely used publications is the 800 series, concerned with computer security. In this article, we…

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