© Yvonne Wilson, Abhishek Hingnikar  2019
Y. Wilson, A. HingnikarSolving Identity Management in Modern Applicationshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5095-2_20

20. Compliance

Yvonne Wilson1  and Abhishek Hingnikar2
(1)
San Francisco, CA, USA
(2)
London, UK
 

“Compliance” is just a subset of “governance” and not the other way around.

—Pearl Zhu, from Digitizing Boardroom (2016)

Mention the word “Compliance” to an application development team, and you may get some quizzical looks. What exactly is compliance and why does it matter to application developers? This chapter will provide a brief overview of compliance, why it’s needed, how it benefits application providers, and how to approach it.

What Is Compliance?

Compliance is conforming to a rule, such as ...

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