Summary
In this chapter, we have looked at the challenges of operating within diverse industries. We tried to understand the requirements for compliance, and the importance of standards to meet in terms of legal or regulatory compliance. We have seen where strict compliance is necessary for a business to attain the authority to operate.
We have understood why controls and policy must be put in place – to show compliance. In the chapter, we also looked at the complexities of legal compliance and understood how it differs from one country to another. We have looked at formalizing agreements to ensure the enterprise is protected.
We will find the knowledge gained to be useful in the next chapter, where we will take a look at Business Continuity Planning (BCP), Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP), high availability, incident response planning, and the use of the cloud for business continuity.