Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
PETs
PETs or Privacy Enhancing Technologies in GDPR refer to a coherent system that uses a set of measures to protect privacy. It reduces or eliminates personal data or prevents unnecessary processing of data while maintaining the functionality of the system. PETs help to fight and detect breaches.
Additional reading
Data Retention Policy for ISO 27001: A Simple Guide (+ Template)
Imagine a customer requests a copy of their personal data or asks for it to be deleted. Without clear rules, finding that data or knowing if it should still exist can take days or even weeks. Moreover, outdated or unnecessary information may remain in shared drives, backups, or archived systems. This leads to compliance risks…
Guide to Building a High-Leverage TPRM Program (Without Drowning in Spreadsheets)
As you grow beyond early-stage SaaS, enterprise buyers stop accepting trust-me slides. They want proof that the vendors, processors, sub-processors, and partners in your ecosystem are secure, resilient, and reviewed on a repeatable cadence. That is where a third-party risk management (TPRM) program helps. The goal is not to send a 200-question assessment to every…
What is ISO 27701 (PIMS): Benefits, Primary Focus & Steps
TL;DR ISO/IEC 27701:2025 is a Privacy Information Management System (PIMS) standard for managing PII and privacy risk. The 2025 version replaces ISO/IEC 27701:2019 and is now a standalone management system standard. ISO 27001 is no longer a strict prerequisite, though ISO 27701 can still be integrated with an existing ISMS. ISO 27701 supports GDPR and…
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