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Compliance Program

What is Compliance Program?

A comprehensive system of policies, procedures, training, and oversight designed to ensure an organization meets all applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Compliance and Regulatory

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as compliance program. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on compliance program

Requirements naming compliance program across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Sapin II Article 17. SCOPE + APPLICABILITY: applies to (a) French companies + groups (including French subsidiaries of foreign groups) with AT LEAST 500 EMPLOYEES + AT LEAST EUR 100 MILLION ANNUAL TURNOVER (consolidated for groups);

Sapin2-Art17-Scope-Program · Article 17 - 8-Pillar Anti-Corruption Compliance Program Scope and Applicability
PCI DSS 4.02 controls

Additional requirement for service providers only. Executive management establishes responsibility for the protection of cardholder data and for a PCI DSS compliance program, covering overall accountability for maintaining PCI DSS compliance and a defined char...

12.4.1 · Executive management responsibility for the PCI DSS compliance program (service providers)

HBNR compliance program implementation roadmap. ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES: (a) PRIVACY COUNSEL or CHIEF PRIVACY OFFICER - HBNR + state-law + HIPAA + GDPR + multi-regime coordination;

HBNR-Implementation-Roadmap-Org · HBNR Compliance Program Implementation - Organizational Roles, Detection, Incident Response, Records

FDBR compliance program implementation roadmap. ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES: (a) PRIVACY COUNSEL or CHIEF PRIVACY OFFICER (CPO) - FDBR coordination + AG engagement + cross-state privacy program;

FDBR-Status-Implementation-Org · FDBR Compliance Program Implementation - Organizational Roles and Operational Controls

LkSG compliance program implementation roadmap. ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES: (a) HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICER (Sec.4(3) statutory mandate) - oversight + cross-functional authority + direct reporting to senior management;

LkSG-Implementation-Roadmap-Org · LkSG Compliance Program Implementation - Organizational Roles, Tooling and Metrics

Questions people ask about compliance program

What is Compliance Program?
A comprehensive system of policies, procedures, training, and oversight designed to ensure an organization meets all applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
Why is Compliance Program important for compliance?
Compliance Program is a key concept in Compliance and Regulatory. Understanding compliance program helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Compliance Program?
Compliance Program appears in the requirement text of ITAR - International Traffic in Arms Regulations, French Sapin II Law (Law No. 2016-1691), PCI DSS 4.0, FTC Health Breach Notification Rule, Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR). Across these standards we have identified 12 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Compliance Program?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how compliance program applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Compliance Program applies across compliance frameworks

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.