Lesson Overview

In this lesson, we are going to:

• Introduce you to compliance
• Discuss obligation sources
• Go over obligation evaluations
• Cover control assessments

Compliance deals with a relatively structured approach to ensuring organizations meet their obligations to security standards through their security controls and practices. To understand the approach, we will learn about what a compliance obligation is, how your organization works with obligations, and how to evaluate obligations for your organization. Additionally, we will demonstrate how to assess existing security controls against compliance obligations to ensure your organization’s compliance.