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Regulatory Change

What is Regulatory Change?

A modification to existing regulations or introduction of new regulations that may affect an organization's compliance obligations.

Compliance and Regulatory

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

What the standards actually require on regulatory change

Requirements naming regulatory change across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

The RTO ensures its staff and clients are informed of changes to legislative and regulatory requirements that affect the services delivered.

australia-standards-for-registered-training-organisations-2015::8.6 · Clause 8.6 Staff and clients told of regulatory changes →

Establish cybersecurity governance and policy structures appropriate to retail industry characteristics per the NRF Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Framework guidance and supporting NIST CSF alignment.

NRFCS-1 · Retail Cybersecurity Governance, Policy, and Regulatory Change Management →
BCBS 2391 control

The bank can generate aggregate risk data for a broad range of on-demand and ad hoc requests, including in stress, for changing internal needs and for supervisory queries, and to assess emerging risks, forecasting, stress testing and scenario analysis.

bcbs-239::P6 · Principle 6: adaptability of aggregation →
C5 (Germany)1 control

Have subject matter experts review the security policies and instructions for adequacy at least once a year, weighing organisational and technical changes in how the cloud service is delivered and legal or regulatory change, and approve revised versions before...

C5-SP-02 · Review and Approval of Policies and Instructions →

Management identifies and documents the risks to development, acquisition and maintenance continuously and iteratively, starting at the onset of each project so that risk effects and mitigation options are assessed early, involving stakeholders with business p...

ffiec-it-examination-handbook::DAM-III.A · III.A Risk Identification (Development, Acquisition, and Maintenance) →
ISMAP (Japan)1 control

ISMAP Assessment positions ISMAP within the comprehensive Japanese and international cloud security regulatory landscape. (1) External Assessment by ISMAP-Approved Auditor: CSP must undergo annual third-party assessment by an audit organisation on the ISMAP Pr...

ISMAP-Assessment-ExternalAuditor-AnnualReview-CustomerTransparency-Coord-FedRAMP-IRAP-GCloud-PIPA-ISO27017 · ISMAP Assessment - External ISMAP-Approved Auditor + Annual Review + Customer Information and Transparency + Coordination FedRAMP/UK G-Cloud/Australia IRAP/Singapore MTCS + ISO 27017 + PIPA + Japan Digital Agency →

Questions people ask about regulatory change

What is Regulatory Change?
A modification to existing regulations or introduction of new regulations that may affect an organization's compliance obligations.
Why is Regulatory Change important for compliance?
Regulatory Change is a key concept in Compliance and Regulatory. Understanding regulatory change 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 Regulatory Change?
Regulatory Change appears in the requirement text of Australia Standards for Registered Training Organisations 2015, NRF Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Framework (National Retail Federation), BCBS 239, C5 (Germany), FFIEC IT Examination Handbook. Across these standards we have identified 6 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Regulatory Change?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how regulatory change 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 Regulatory Change applies across compliance frameworks

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