Free Resource: What's the Difference? Compliance Monitoring vs. Compliance Testing

What’s the Difference? is a series designed to help you understand key compliance terms by breaking down commonly confused regulations, concepts, and industry jargon—making compliance clearer and easier to navigate. In this edition, we unpack Compliance Monitoring vs. Compliance Testing. While the two are closely related, they serve different functions in an effective compliance program. This resource explains how they differ, how they complement each other, and how to apply them in practice to strengthen your control framework. This edition is available as a free downloadable slideshow.