{"id":1916,"date":"2020-08-24T07:17:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T07:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.happiestminds.com\/services\/?p=1916"},"modified":"2026-02-27T08:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T08:37:17","slug":"regulatory-compliance-assurance-rca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happiestminds.com\/services\/regulatory-compliance-assurance-rca\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulatory Compliance Assurance (RCA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An abstract definition of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happiestminds.com\/services\/information-security-services-assurance-center\/\">Information Security<\/a><\/strong> is- Building defense mechanisms to protect three key assets of an enterprise<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1.<\/strong>\u00a0 People<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2.\u00a0<\/strong> Process<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 3.\u00a0<\/strong> Technology\/Digital<\/p>\n<p>Adherence to specifics of process definitions as laid by the external directive body is referred to as \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.happiestminds.com\/services\/governance-risk-and-compliance\/\"><strong>Compliance<\/strong>\u2019<\/a>, in other words:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happiestminds.com\/services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/RCA_Web_infograph.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happiestminds.com\/services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/RCA_Web_infograph-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"309\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Compliance, as a domain of InfoSec checks for the existence of adequate processes and not its implementation.<\/p>\n<p>Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) being highly regulated segment has maximum external directives by applicable regulators &amp; international standards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is RCA?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Regulatory Compliance Assurance (RCA) is an assurance program built on Happiest Minds customized Information Risk Management (IRM) framework built to consolidate the requirements of International Standards &#8211; ISO 27001, PCI DSS International best practices- CIS, NIST and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happiestminds.com\/services\/cyber-security\/\">cybersecurity<\/a><\/strong> guideline requirements of domestic BFSI regulatory \u2013 IRDAI, RBI &amp; SEBI.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RCA Drivers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>International standards and best practices existed before regulatory requirements for cybersecurity.<\/li>\n<li>With discrete management systems, organizations\u2019 not able to realize the value of different standards.<\/li>\n<li>RCA consolidates international standards and best practices under a single management umbrella to help organizations realize cross standard benefits.<\/li>\n<li>RCA focusses on implementation and process definitions, unlike other compliance programs focusing on only process definitions.<\/li>\n<li>Lack of checks on the effective technical implementation of the defined processes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Program uniqueness:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Delivery Model: Onsite or offshore.<\/li>\n<li>Program inclusions:<\/li>\n<li>RBI, IRDAI &amp; SEBI mapping with ISO 27001 &amp; PCI-DSS.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happiestminds.com\/services\/data-security-privacy-services\/\">Data privacy<\/a><\/strong> requirements of guidelines of AADHAR (UIDAI), Personal Data Protection bill 2018 and IT Act.<\/li>\n<li>IRM\/DRM framework using the above applicable guidelines and digital security standards from CIS &amp; NIST.<\/li>\n<li>Assurance program covering consulting to control deployment to periodic compliance assessments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An abstract definition of Information Security is- Building defense mechanisms to protect three key assets of an enterprise \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1.\u00a0 People \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 2.\u00a0 Process \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 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