Since the Enron scandal in 2001, governments all over the world have taken up the job of protecting consumers and companies against the poor management of sensitive information by issuing laws and regulations that require organizations to take the necessary steps to ensure the protection of sensitive information.

Regulatory compliance is an organization's adherence to laws, regulations, guidelines, and specifications relevant to its business. Violations of regulatory compliance regulations often result in legal punishment, including federal fines.

Regulatory compliance requires organizations to take proactive measures to establish network security processes to detect network anomalies, attacks, and other vulnerabilities that can put organizations' sensitive data in the risk of being compromised. Also, organizations are required to provide network compliance audit reports to auditors when demanded.

The following are some of the laws and regulations...