Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
SSAE
Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) is a professional standards document that guides practitioners on performing attestation engagements. Attestation engagements are engagements in which a practitioner expresses a conclusion about the reliability of a written assertion made by another party. The SSAE is issued by the Auditing Standards Board (ASB) of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
Additional reading
Who Must Comply with PCI DSS? Payment Security Explained
Key Points Introduction The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was created by the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) to protect sensitive transaction data and keep it secure from cybersecurity threats. The PCI SSC is an independent organization founded in 2006 by major payment card companies like American Express, MasterCard, Visa, JCB International,…
“You Don’t Exist in the System”: What GRC Gets Wrong About Identity Risk
In the hierarchy of security risks, identity rarely makes the front page. It’s often relegated to access control matrices and provisioning workflows—important, yes, but rarely urgent. It’s considered a convenience feature. A means to an end. Until the day it vanishes. “I went to the unemployment agency,” says Alexandre Blanc, a cybersecurity expert and former…
How to Create an ISO 27001 Remote Working Policy That Passes Audit
Securing endpoints and enforcing consistent policies across a hybrid or remote workforce remains one of the toughest challenges for security and compliance teams. With employees working across varied locations, devices, and networks, the risk surface expands fast, and without clear guardrails, compliance falls apart. Annex A.6.7 of ISO 27001:2022 directly addresses this complexity by requiring…
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