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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.

PCI DSS 4.05 controls

Service providers only: executive management must set up responsibility for protecting cardholder data and for a PCI DSS compliance program, covering: overall accountability for keeping PCI DSS compliance;

12.4.1 · 12.4.1 Executive responsibility for a PCI DSS compliance program →

Establish a program that keeps the system compliant with the minimum HIPAA requirements, together with a privacy policy and a cybersecurity breach policy. A small-system baseline control (Appendix K, category 3).

awwa-cybersecurity-guidance-for-the-water-sector-american-water-works-association::DS-3 · DS-3 HIPAA compliance program →

Management commitment I: senior management, meaning senior leadership, executives or the board as the organisation defines it, has reviewed and approved the SCP.

us-ofac-sanctions-compliance-framework::MC.I · Have senior management review and approve the sanctions compliance program →

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 →

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 →

Applies to occupational exposure to DBCP (CAS 96-12-8) except exposure solely from its application and use as a pesticide; storage, transport, distribution and sale in sealed intact containers are subject only to the emergency, training and hazard communicatio...

osha-29-cfr-1910::1910.1044 · 1910.1044 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane →

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 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Compliance Program?
Compliance Program appears in the requirement text of PCI DSS 4.0, AWWA Cybersecurity Guidance for the Water Sector (American Water Works Association), US OFAC Sanctions Compliance Framework, FTC Health Breach Notification Rule, German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG). Across these standards we have identified 22 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 1,016 frameworks.

See how Compliance Program applies across compliance frameworks

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