CISSP Mastery
Back to Security and Risk Management
1.4 ~45 min

Legal, regulatory, and compliance issues (holistic context)

Overview

Understand the major categories of computer crime, intellectual property protections, and the global privacy landscape (GDPR, CCPA, PIPL, POPIA). Know transborder data flow constraints.

Key topics to master

  • Cybercrimes and data breaches
  • Licensing and Intellectual Property (patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret)
  • Import/export controls
  • Transborder data flow
  • Privacy laws: GDPR, CCPA, PIPL, POPIA
  • Contractual, legal, industry, and regulatory requirements