Here’s list of top industry compliance with description:
GDPR : General Data Protection Regulation if your organization is doing any business with EU (Europium Union)
PIPEDA: The Personal Information Protection and electronic documents act. It applies to private-sector organizations across Canada that collect, use or disclose personal information in the course of a commercial activity
HIPAA, or Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s Title II section articulates policies and guidelines for regulating information, especially Protected Health Information (PHI) by insurers, medical providers, and employers who provide health care insurance.
PCI DSS: The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard of 2001 is an industry deployed recommendation instituted by MasterCard, Visa, and other credit card companies to provide identity protections for members and service providers.
NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology by U.S. Department of Commerce.
CIS Controls Version 7.1: CIS® (Center for Internet Security, Inc.) is a forward-thinking, non-profit entity that harnesses the power of a global IT community to safeguard private and public organizations against cyber threats.
The Sarbanes -Oxley Act (SOX) is a sweeping statute to regulate financial transparency and reporting. It was enacted by Congress as a direct response to the Enron and WorldCom misconduct.
FISMA: The Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) of 2014 (PL 113-283, 44 USC 3554) requires the head of each Federal agency to provide information security protections commensurate with the risk and magnitude of the harm resulting from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction of information and information systems
GO-ITS: The Government of Ontario Information and Technology Standards (GO-ITS) are the official publications concerning the standards, guidelines, technical reports and preferred practices adopted by the Government of Ontario.