Regulatorytypes

Regulatorytypes is a taxonomy used in compliance management to categorize regulatory requirements that apply to organizations and their products, services, and data. The term is used in governance frameworks and software systems to tag rules, map them to controls, and support reporting and risk assessment.

The taxonomy typically divides requirements into broad categories such as data protection and privacy, financial and tax, product safety and liability, employment and labor, environmental and sustainability, anti-money laundering and sanctions, industry-specific regulations (for example healthcare or telecommunications), and corporate governance. This classification helps organizations structure obligations and understand how different laws relate to business activities.

In practice, Regulatorytypes enables organizations to structure regulatory obligations, allowing automatic filtering, gap analysis, and evidence collection for audits. Each regulatorytype can associate with specific controls, test procedures, and evidence artifacts, along with jurisdictional applicability, effective dates, and expiry. It supports mapping laws to internal policies and procedures, and facilitates tracking changes over time.

Regulatorytypes are commonly maintained by a governance team responsible for ensuring mappings stay current and aligned with business processes. They are often represented in a formal schema within governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) systems and can be applied across regions with attention to local variations. The concept is generic but provides a common language for organizing regulatory obligations, enabling intelligence, risk scoring, and consistent compliance reporting across products and services.