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Compliance Review

What is Compliance Review?

A systematic examination of an organization's practices, controls, and documentation to verify adherence to applicable compliance requirements.

Compliance and Regulatory

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

What the standards actually require on compliance review

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

The monitoring body conducts periodic reviews/audits of adherents' compliance with the code.

RDCOC-AUD-01 · Audits and Compliance Reviews

Requirement defined in ISO 27018:2019, clause 18.2.3 (Technical compliance review). See licensed source for normative text. Implementation focus is to demonstrate conformity with the obligations of this clause through the artefacts listed in evidence_requireme...

iso-27018-2019::18.2.3 · Technical compliance review

Conduct periodic audits of biometric programmes against BIPA requirements, including notice, consent, retention, destruction, vendor flow-down, and security.

BIPA-AUDIT · Periodic Audit and Compliance Review
PCI DSS 4.01 control

Additional requirement for service providers: reviews are performed at least once every three months to confirm that personnel are performing their tasks in accordance with all security policies and operational procedures.

12.4.2 · Quarterly PCI compliance reviews (SP)

Organisations should review PSTI compliance regularly across the product portfolio, incorporating findings from incidents, audits and regulator engagement.

PSTI-20 · Periodic Compliance Review and Continuous Improvement

GLI-33 certification lifecycle + audit. CERTIFICATION LIFECYCLE: (a) INITIAL CERTIFICATION - operator submits system + documentation + test data + scoping document to GLI (or other accredited testing laboratory - e.g.

GLI33-CertificationLifecycle-OngoingAudit · GLI-33 Certification Lifecycle, Annual Audit, Re-Testing on Change

Questions people ask about compliance review

What is Compliance Review?
A systematic examination of an organization's practices, controls, and documentation to verify adherence to applicable compliance requirements.
Why is Compliance Review important for compliance?
Compliance Review is a key concept in Compliance and Regulatory. Understanding compliance review 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 Review?
Compliance Review appears in the requirement text of Code of Conduct on Data Protection for Research (GDPR Article 40), ISO 27018:2019, Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), PCI DSS 4.0, UK Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act (PSTI). Across these standards we have identified 7 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Compliance Review?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how compliance review 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 Review applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

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