{"id":4660,"date":"2019-01-20T17:03:46","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T17:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rrhub2017.wpengine.com\/?p=4660"},"modified":"2022-11-06T22:30:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T22:30:16","slug":"do-you-know-the-difference-between-standards-and-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.riskandresiliencehub.com\/do-you-know-the-difference-between-standards-and-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you know the difference between standards and regulations?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">According to the <span class=\"s2\"><b>PMBOK Guide 6th edition<\/b><\/span><i>, <\/i>the definition of a Standard and a Regulation is as follows: <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>A Standard <\/b>is a \u201cdocument established by consensus and approved by a recognized body that provides, for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results, aimed at achievement of the optimum degree of order in a given context.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>A Regulation \u201c<\/b>is a government imposed requirement, which specifies product, process or service characteristics, including the applicable administrative provision, with which compliance is mandatory. Building codes are an example of regulations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pmchamp.com\/difference-between-standards-regulations-for-pmp-exam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s1\">Read more &gt;&gt; <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Resources for BCM &amp; GRC Standards &amp; Regulations <\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Disaster Recovery Journal\u2019s Rules &amp; Regulations <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s1\">The Rules and Regulations committee of the DRJ provides one of the best <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drj.com\/resources.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s4\">resources<\/span><\/a><\/span> for professionals in the industry. Contact Martin Myers @ <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:w.martin.myers@outlook.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s5\">w.martin.myers@outlook.com<\/span><\/a><\/span> to give feedback or input for this extensive compilation of standards and regulations.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Download the 44 page document:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drj.com\/images\/rulesregs\/2019-03-DRJ-EAB-RR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s5\">https:\/\/www.drj.com\/images\/rulesregs\/2019-03-DRJ-EAB-RR.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p9\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) Standards <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p9\"><span class=\"s1\">The OCEG community &#8220;wrote the book&#8221; on GRC standards. Over the past 15 years, OCEG has vetted these standards with over 80,000 members of the community.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>According to OCEG, \u201cGRC Standards define the integrated collection of capabilities that enable an organization to reliably achieve objectives, address uncertainty and act with integrity.\u201d Visit OCEG to learn more. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p10\"><span class=\"s3\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oceg.org\/standards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.oceg.org\/standards\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the PMBOK Guide 6th edition, the definition of a Standard and a Regulation is as follows: A Standard is a \u201cdocument established by consensus and approved by a recognized body that provides, for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":5073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Do you know the difference between standards and regulations? - Risk and Resilience Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The difference between a standard and regulation is important to know. 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