<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (February 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (February 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> In general, compliance means conforming to a rule, such as a specification, policy, standard or law . Regulatory compliance describes the goal that organizations aspire to achieve in their efforts to ensure that they are aware of and take steps to comply with relevant laws, polices, and regulations . Due to the increasing number of regulations and need for operational transparency, organizations are increasingly adopting the use of consolidated and harmonized sets of compliance controls . This approach is used to ensure that all necessary governance requirements can be met without the unnecessary duplication of effort and activity from resources . </P>

Legal and regulatory compliance is an example of the