I happen to work in the Financial Services vertical and it seems daily you hear someone talking about compliance.  This topic is usually a mystery to most people except the lawyers.  Well the Microsoft Solutions for Security and Compliance (MSSC) team published the Regulatory Compliance Planning Guide, which is also available for download as a Word doc.

If you deal with any of the following you will want to read.

• Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)
• Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA)
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
• European Union Data Protection Directive (EUDPD)
• ISO 17799:2005 Code of Practice for Information Security

Thanks Rob Caron for the post.