Explanation/Reference:
* A compliance framework maps to a set of compliance standards that perform a collection of checks
following broadly accepted best practices to ensure that IT infrastructure, applications, business services
and processes are organized, configured, managed, and monitored correctly.
* A compliance standard refers to one or more compliance standard rules.
Note: A compliance framework can be used to represent a framework such as Control Objectives for
Information and related Technology (COBIT) or Payment Card Industry (PCI). A compliance framework is
an industry-specified best practices guideline that deals with the underlying IT infrastructure, applications,
business services and processes, and how they are organized, managed, and monitored. Compliance
frameworks are hierarchical to allow for direct representation of these industry frameworks.
Reference: Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Extensibility Programmer's Guide, Understanding
Compliance Standards