Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
Service Auditor
A SOC 2 auditor is a AICPA-certified professional who evaluates the system and controls that a service organization implements to meet the requirements of SOC 2 trust principles. After assessing and observing the controls, they will create a report based on the findings.
This report demonstrates that your business has sufficient controls and processes to secure customer data.
Additional reading
Information Security Compliance, Laws, and Importance
TL,DR: Information security compliance is adherence to industry-specific laws and standards protecting data from unauthorized access, modification, or loss. According to PwC, 85% of customers avoid businesses with data practice concerns Common frameworks include SOC 2 (service organizations), ISO 27001 (information security management), HIPAA (healthcare data), PCI DSS (payment card data), GDPR (EU data privacy),…
Privacy by Design Principles
Target discovered a teenage girl was pregnant before her father was aware, Cambridge Analytica harvested 87 million Facebook accounts to influence elections, and Equifax lost access to 147 million Americans’ most private financial information—these were not merely data breaches. They were profound betrayals of trust that radically impacted our perception of data privacy. Now, think…
A Detailed Overview Of PCI DSS Compensating Controls
If your business handles, stores, transmits, manages, or processes customers’ payment card information, it must comply with PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard). This is an information security standard that outlines measures and controls for organizations to protect sensitive card details while processing transactions. Implementing stringent compliance is not a piece of cake…
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