Security & Compliance Topics
Governance, compliance frameworks, regulatory requirements, compliance implementation, and compliance-driven risk management. Covers compliance frameworks (SOX, GDPR, HIPAA, FCPA, etc.), regulatory interpretation, compliance control design, audit and control effectiveness evaluation, and compliance process management. For operational security implementation and technical threat mitigation, see Security Engineering & Operations.
Security Governance and Compliance
Covers establishing, operating, and maturing organization level security governance and compliance programs. Topics include selecting and tailoring security standards and frameworks such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology frameworks and ISO 27001, developing and enforcing security policies and control catalogs, mapping regulatory and contractual requirements to technical and procedural controls, conducting risk assessments and controls testing, managing third party and vendor audits, defining governance roles and escalation paths, building security roadmaps and program metrics, and scaling security practices across business units and geographies. Candidates should be able to discuss program design and lifecycle management, audit readiness and certification processes, compliance monitoring and reporting, enforcement and remediation workflows, stakeholder engagement and change management, integration with engineering and cloud operations, and continuous improvement of controls and program maturity.
Security and Compliance Architecture
Architecting systems to meet security requirements and regulatory and compliance obligations. Candidates should understand how to embed data classification, data governance, encryption, least privilege access, audit trails and logging, secure design patterns, and threat modeling into architectures. Expect discussion of how architectural choices affect obligations under common regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, and System and Organization Controls frameworks. Topics include documenting architecture for compliance reviewers, retention and data residency considerations, denial of service mitigation and web application firewall strategies, and balancing security controls with usability and operational cost. Candidates should be able to describe when to engage legal and compliance teams and how to design for auditability and evidence capture.