Secure Software Systems

Laws and Regulations Related to Compliance

Many laws and regulations are related to compliance and differ from country to country and region to region. However, software generally solves the same problems regardless of country or region. Businesses rely on vendors to create systems that not only meet their needs but are also compliant in the country or region in which the business operates. Many products are deployed from relatively few companies (such as Microsoft or Oracle). Widespread use of products from a few primary vendors means that businesses that use those products must rely on the vendors to meet laws and regulations for all countries in which their products are sold. The same is true of in-house developed software—it too must meet ...