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Sanctions Compliance

What is Sanctions Compliance?

Programs and controls ensuring adherence to government-imposed trade and financial restrictions against specific countries, entities, and individuals.

Compliance and Regulatory

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

What the standards actually require on sanctions compliance

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

The organization must appoint a dedicated, qualified Sanctions Compliance Officer with sufficient authority, independence, and access to senior management to oversee day-to-day program execution.

OFAC-SCP-1.2 · Sanctions Compliance Officer Appointment
Peru DPL1 control

Per Peru Law 29733 + Supreme Decree + Law 32200 (2024 amendments): breach notification + enforcement. Requirements include (a) implement Personal Data Breach Notification to ANPD per statutory timeline + notify affected data subjects where high risk + (b) oper...

PERU-8 · Breach Notification, ANPD Cooperation, Sanctions, Compliance

VASPs must screen transactions and counterparties against applicable sanctions lists and enforce prohibitions.

CRM-2 · Sanctions Compliance

NSS-17 + NSS-42-G require supply chain + third party + OEM security across CBS lifecycle. Vendor due diligence: cyber maturity assessment + ISO 27001 / IEC 62443 / IEC 27036 alignment + cybersecurity governance + secure development + incident history + foreign...

IAEA-NSS17-SupplyChain-ThirdParty-OEM-Trust · IAEA NSS-17 - Supply Chain + Third Party + OEM + Vendor Security + Trustworthy Components

Operate third-party risk within Heightened Standards + integrate with broader bank regulation. Third-party risk per Heightened Standards must (a) integrate with OCC Bulletin 2013-29 Third-Party Risk Management + Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationship...

OCCHS-8 · Third-Party Risk Within Heightened Standards and Integration with Broader Regulation

Questions people ask about sanctions compliance

What is Sanctions Compliance?
Programs and controls ensuring adherence to government-imposed trade and financial restrictions against specific countries, entities, and individuals.
Why is Sanctions Compliance important for compliance?
Sanctions Compliance is a key concept in Compliance and Regulatory. Understanding sanctions compliance 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 Sanctions Compliance?
Sanctions Compliance appears in the requirement text of US OFAC Sanctions Compliance Framework, Peru DPL, UAE Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA) Regulations, IAEA Nuclear Security Series - Computer Security at Nuclear Facilities (NSS-17-T Rev 1), OCC Heightened Standards (12 CFR Part 30, Appendix D). Across these standards we have identified 8 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Sanctions Compliance?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how sanctions compliance 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 Sanctions Compliance applies across compliance frameworks

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