Compliance & Risk Management

Compliance refers to the need to conform with the rules and regulations, including legislation, with any jurisdiction or organisation, while risk management is the identification, assessment and response to probable or possible risks to an enterprise. In a SaaS context any applications used by a business must comply with the rules of the jurisdiction and sector within which it operates. Those storing sensitive data in the cloud must not only comply with regulations but identify and minimise risks to that information.

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