KVKK (Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Law)
KVKK (Law 6698) is Türkiye’s data protection statute. Where it diverges from GDPR — VERBİS registration, Turkish disclosure texts, the 2024 transfer regime — and what Board enforcement actually targets.
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KVKK (Law 6698) is Türkiye’s data protection statute. Where it diverges from GDPR — VERBİS registration, Turkish disclosure texts, the 2024 transfer regime — and what Board enforcement actually targets.
SaaS vendor management is the practice of governing the full lifecycle of third-party software relationships—from initial evaluation through contract negotiation, deployment, ongoing operations, and termination.
A Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) is a formal, machine-readable inventory of all software components, libraries, and dependencies used to build a software product—including third-party open source components, their versions, and licenses.
Zero Trust is a cybersecurity architecture model based on the principle “never trust, always verify”—every access request to resources is authenticated, authorized, and continuously validated, regardless of where it originates.
Ransomware is malicious software that encrypts a victim’s data or systems and demands payment (typically in cryptocurrency) for decryption keys.
An open source license is a legal agreement granting users rights to use, modify, and distribute software, subject to specific obligations.
Embedded finance is the integration of financial services—payments, lending, insurance, banking, investments—directly into non-financial products and platforms through APIs, allowing users to access financial functionality without leaving the host application.
A smart contract audit is a comprehensive security review of blockchain-based code (smart contracts) before mainnet deployment, intended to identify vulnerabilities that could be exploited to drain funds or otherwise compromise the protocol.
Privacy by Design (PbD) is the principle of embedding privacy considerations into systems and products throughout their entire lifecycle—from initial design through deployment, operation, and decommissioning—rather than treating privacy as an afterthought.
A Data Subject Request (DSR), also called a Data Subject Access Request (DSAR), is a request by an individual exercising their rights under GDPR, KVKK, CCPA, or similar privacy laws.