Best Practices for Cybersecurity Compliance Monitoring | UpGuard

**Executive Summary:** This document provides a practical guide to regulatory compliance and continuous compliance monitoring for cybersecurity programs, summarizing major international and industry-specific regulations (e.g., PCI DSS, GDPR, CCPA, SOX, FISMA, GLBA, LGPD, SHIELD) and outlining steps for audits, risk assessments, configuration management, security ratings, and workforce awareness to help organizations identify gaps and prioritize remediation.