Glossary of Compliance

Compliance Glossary

Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.

Security

Security is one of the five trust service criteria of SOC 2. It refers to the protection of information and systems from unauthorized disclosure of information or damages to systems that may result in compromised availability, integrity, confidentiality, and privacy in a way that affects the capacity of the organization to meet its objectives. It seeks to protect:

– Information that is collected, stored, used, transmitted, or processed.

– Systems that leverage electronic information to process, transmit, transfer data to meet its objectives.

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SOC 1 vs SOC 2 vs SOC 3 Comparison — Overview & Comparison

SOC 1, SOC 2, and SOC 3 are independent attestation reports that help organizations prove they have reliable security, privacy, and internal controls in place. Although they originate from the same AICPA framework, each report serves a distinct purpose: SOC 1 focuses on financial reporting controls, SOC 2 evaluates security and trust principles, and SOC…

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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…

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