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Compliance Management System

What is Compliance Management System?

An integrated set of policies, processes, and tools used to systematically manage an organization's compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Compliance and Regulatory

What the standards actually require on compliance management system

Requirements naming compliance management system across 5 standards, quoted from the control text.

ISO 37302:202513 controls

How the organization decides what its compliance management system covers and assesses compliance risk. It is rated on two dimensions, each against the five-level scale in 5.2. Policy and procedures with conduct and culture: level 1, no procedures;

iso-37302-2025::6.1.3 · Determination of the scope of the compliance management system and assessment of compliance risk →
ISO 37303:202512 controls

Members of the compliance function should know the compliance management system they operate: its scope, structure and documented information; the requirements of ISO 37301 and how the organization meets them; the compliance policy and objectives;

iso-37303-2025::A.2.2.2 · Knowledge of the compliance management system →
ISO 37301:20212 controls

In line with this document, the organization shall set up, put in place, keep and continually improve a CMS, together with the processes it needs and how those processes interact;

iso-37301-2021::4.4 · Compliance management system →

Run an independent compliance management system covering all operations, with unrestricted access to records, prompt escalation of material non-compliance to the compliance officer, adequate competence and resources, and a risk-based testing and monitoring pro...

uae-virtual-asset-regulatory-authority-vara-regulations::CRM-I.B · Compliance and Risk Management Rulebook I.B: Compliance management system →

The internal context is substantially within the organization's control through its governing and management systems: the nature of the legal entity; financial health and business model; internal legal structure and governing processes and functions;

iso-31022-2020::5.2.3 · Internal context of legal risk →

Questions people ask about compliance management system

What is Compliance Management System?
An integrated set of policies, processes, and tools used to systematically manage an organization's compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
Why is Compliance Management System important for compliance?
Compliance Management System is a key concept in Compliance and Regulatory. Understanding compliance management system helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Compliance Management System?
Compliance Management System appears in the requirement text of ISO 37302:2025, ISO 37303:2025, ISO 37301:2021, UAE Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA) Regulations, ISO 31022:2020. Across these standards we have identified 29 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
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