Glossary of Compliance
Compliance Glossary
Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.
Asset
An asset may be intangible (e.g., humans, data, software, information, capability, function, trademark, service, copyright, image, patent, intellectual property, or reputation) or tangible (for instance, a physical item such as hardware, computing platform, firmware, network device, or other technology components). The value of an asset is decided by stakeholders in case of an event of loss concerns across the entire system life cycle.
Additional reading
How to Ensure HIPAA Compliance for Software?
TL,DR: Software handling ePHI must comply with HIPAA’s Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules, covering encryption, access control, audit logging, and vendor agreements. Audit logs tracking ePHI access must be tamper-proof and retained for at least six years. Core technical safeguards include AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS 1.2 or higher in transit, role-based access control,…
How to Become a HIPAA Compliance Auditor
Every patient check-in leaves a trail of sensitive data, and regulators are paying attention. HIPAA compliance isn’t just paperwork; it’s proof that safeguards actually work. Without it, hospitals and vendors face steep penalties and reputational damage. The Office for Civil Rights issued $4.4M in fines in the first half of 2025. Warby Parker alone paid…
A Guide to Operational Risk Management (ORM)
TL,DR: ORM helps you identify, assess, and control risks from processes, systems, people, and external events. The article breaks ORM into scope setting, risk identification, assessment, control selection, monitoring, and reporting. Use it to connect risk appetite, operational resilience, compliance obligations, and incident learning. Be it the Stone Age or the Digital Age, the stakes…
Sprinto: Your growth superpower
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