ISO/IEC 42001

Governance

The system of policies, rules, and processes by which activities are directed, controlled, and managed.

Right to be Forgotten

A legal concept giving individuals the right to request deletion of their personal data from organisations' records.

Data Sovereignty

The concept that data is subject to the laws and governance structures of the country where it is collected or processed.

Internal Audit

An independent assurance function that evaluates the effectiveness of an organisation's internal controls and governance.

COBIT

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

Business Ethics

The application of ethical principles and moral standards to business activities, decisions, and relationships.

Anti-Money Laundering

Laws, regulations, and procedures designed to prevent criminals from disguising illegally obtained funds as legitimate income.

Whistleblower Protection

Legal provisions protecting individuals who report illegal or unethical practices within organisations.

Information Classification

The process of categorising data based on its sensitivity level and the impact of unauthorised disclosure.

Acceptable Use Policy

A document defining the permitted use of an organisation's IT resources and networks.

AI Regulation

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

Algorithmic Accountability

The principle that organisations should be answerable for the outcomes and impacts of their algorithmic systems.

A set of principles, guidelines, and processes that an organisation adopts to ensure its AI systems are developed and deployed in a manner that is fair, transparent, and accountable.

An approach to systems engineering that takes privacy into account throughout the entire engineering process.

A chronological record of system activities enabling the reconstruction and examination of a sequence of events.

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

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.

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

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

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

AI Governance

The frameworks, policies, and regulations that guide the responsible development and deployment of AI technologies.