Data Protection Officer

Compliance

Adherence to laws, regulations, guidelines, and specifications relevant to an organisation's business.

Regulatory Technology

Technology solutions designed to help companies comply with regulations efficiently and cost-effectively.

Data Privacy

The proper handling of personal data including collection, storage, processing, and sharing in compliance with regulations.

Control Framework

A structured set of controls and processes designed to manage risk and ensure compliance with regulations.

Sanctions Screening

The process of checking individuals and entities against government-issued lists of sanctioned parties.

Incident Reporting

The formal process of documenting and communicating security incidents, breaches, or compliance violations.

Regulatory Sandbox

A controlled environment where businesses can test innovative products and services under regulatory oversight.

EU AI Act

The European Union's comprehensive legislation establishing rules for the development and use of AI systems based on risk levels.

Compliance as Code

The practice of expressing regulatory and security compliance requirements as machine-readable policies that can be automatically validated against infrastructure and application configurations.

Continuous Compliance

An automated approach to maintaining regulatory compliance through real-time monitoring, policy enforcement, and evidence collection integrated into development and operations pipelines.

AI Audit

An independent assessment of an AI system's compliance with regulatory requirements, ethical standards, and organisational policies, examining data, models, outputs, and governance.

The process of identifying, assessing, and controlling threats to an organisation's capital and operations.

An organisation's ability to build, assure, and review its technological integrity to ensure it can withstand all types of ICT-related disruptions and threats.

A set of rules defining who can access specific resources and what actions they can perform.

Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies — a framework for IT governance and management.

A security vulnerability reporting practice where researchers privately notify affected organisations and allow reasonable time for remediation before public disclosure of the vulnerability.

The developing body of laws and policies governing the development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence systems.

The overarching strategy for managing an organisation's information assets, balancing the need for data availability with security, privacy, compliance, and lifecycle management.

The risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people, systems, or external events.

Strategy

A plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim, involving resource allocation and competitive positioning.