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What governance & compliance means and how Versio.io helps to formalize and automate compliance verification
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What is governance?
Governance include rules that are created by executives and the board of directors in order to establish ethical terms and requirements for their company. Governance policies are optional and determine the companies attitude towards business practices and risks.
What is compliance?

What is compliance?
Compliance refers to requirements that an organization must meet in order to conform with law and to prevent any legal action, fines or penalties. In contrast to governance policies compliance policies are not optional.
General compliance rules are defined by relevant laws, policies, and regulations. In Germany, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) defines IT rules for certain industries that must be provably complied with.
In the table you find organisations and institution that have etsablished governance and compliance rules in different laws and frameworks for enterprises.
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European union | |||
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European union | General data protection regulation (GDPR) | https://ec.europa.eu |
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European union | Capital Requirements Directive - Requirements from Basel III framework | https://eba.europa.eu |
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European union | Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments | https://eur-lex.europa.eu |
Germany | |||
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Federal Republic of Germany | Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) | https://www.bfdi.bund.de |
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Federal Republic of Germany | Law on Control and Transparency in Business | https://www.bgbl.de |
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Federal Republic of Germany | Principles for data access and auditability of digital documents (GDPdU) | https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de |
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Federal Republic of Germany | Telecommunications Act | https://www.bmjv.de |
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Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) | Minimum Requirements for Risk Management (MaRisk) | https://www.bafin.de |
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Federal Office for Information Security | IT baseline protection (IT-Grundschutz) | https://www.bsi.bund.de |
Centralized repository for enterprise assets & configurations

Centralized repository for enterprise assets & configurations
Whether business, IT, production or organization Versio.io can comprise all relevant data from these business areas. The Versio.io OneImporter allows you to import data with ease.
Within the business data you may import any sales, legal or finance documents or data. In the area of IT Versio.io can process data from IT monitoring, ITSM and your IT infrastructure. From your production you may import any data important for planning, building and delivery process. Within your organizational data you can import data from your organigram, HR or identity management.
Historical data provide validations of changes over time

Historical data provide validations of changes over time
Versio.io gathers all imported data and stores them in a database. By synchronizing the imported data Versio.io notices data changes and stores them keeping all previous versions in its database.
Older versions remain visible for you and can easily be tracked as any change is listed chronologically in a timeline.
Automate rule-based verification with Versio.io

Automate rule-based verification with Versio.io
The Versio.io CMDB offers the best basis for rule verification, whether it be governance or compliance rules:
Firstly, Versio.io gathers data from different applications and other data sources to form a central repository. Secondly, Versio.io illustrates the relations between data from different data sources for you to easily understand the correlations. Thirdly, the historization of data create knowledge about changes and the complete life cycle of your data.
- 1. Single change
- 2. Change including its related data quality
- 3. Change with its entire history
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