Compliance Activation

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title: Compliance Activation
description: Compliance functionality is provided by the Certification Core \(com.snc.certification\_core\) plugin which contains shared functionality required for certification audits.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/servicenow-platform/configuration-management-database-cmdb/c\_ActivatingCompliance.html
release: brazil
product: Configuration Management Database \(CMDB\)
classification: configuration-management-database-cmdb
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [CMDB Compliance, Configuration Management Database \(CMDB\), Configuration Management, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities]
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# Compliance Activation

Compliance functionality is provided by the Certification Core \(com.snc.certification\_core\) plugin which contains shared functionality required for certification audits.

The Certification Core \(com.snc.certification\_core\) plugin consists of the following plugins, and is activated by default.

-   Activated by default: [Desired State Certification](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/servicenow-platform/configuration-management-database-cmdb/c_DesiredState.md) \(com.snc.certification\_desired\_state\)
-   [Activate](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/platform-administration/t_ActivateAPlugin.md): [Architecture Compliance](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/servicenow-platform/configuration-management-database-cmdb/c_ArchitectureCompliance.md) \(com.snc.architecture\_compliance\), which automatically activates the Version Management \(com.snc.version\) plugin that manages certification filter and template versions.
-   [Activate](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/platform-administration/t_ActivateAPlugin.md): [Data Certification](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/servicenow-platform/configuration-management-database-cmdb/c_DataCertification.md) \(com.snc.certification\_v2\), which automatically activates the Version Management \(com.snc.version\) plugin that manages certification filter versions.