Compliance
Compliance is a reporting function of how your security program meets specific security standards controlled by regulatory organizations such as PCI, HIPAA or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Relying on merely being compliant does not keep you secure. Compliance is simply ensuring that a specific set of requirements are in place. A proper security program keeps you safe. Meeting compliance requirements typically results in a minimal baseline of protection. To truly safeguard against sophisticated threats, you must elevate security and develop an overarching approach in which all the controls connect with each other to create a cohesive, multifaceted security program.