Author: Heer Chheda

Heer is a content marketer at Sprinto. With a degree in Media, she has a knack for crafting words that drive results. When she’s not breaking down complex cyber topics, you can find her swimming or relaxing by cooking a meal. A fan of geopolitics, she’s always ready for a debate.
Identity risk

“You Don’t Exist in the System”: What GRC Gets Wrong About Identity Risk

In the hierarchy of security risks, identity rarely makes the front page. It’s often relegated to access control matrices and provisioning workflows—important, yes, but rarely urgent. It’s considered a convenience feature. A means to an end. Until the day it vanishes. “I went to the unemployment agency,” says Alexandre Blanc, a cybersecurity expert and former…
Apr 17, 2025
Sprinto Alternatives

Top Sprinto Alternatives 

If you’re in the market for a compliance automation tool, chances are you’ve already waded through the same recycled claims, but if you’ve spent even a second dealing with compliance, you know it’s never that simple.  Some tools make big promises but crumble under real-world complexity. Others are glorified to-do lists dressed up as automation….
Apr 17, 2025
Global Privacy Control

Understanding Global Privacy Control (GPC): What It Is and Why It Matters

The numbers don’t lie: a staggering 63% of global consumers question corporate openness over data transparency (Tableau). Coupled with regulatory pressures like GDPR and CPRA stepping up the game, corporations arrive at an inflection point of reckoning. The maze of cookie consent and multi-factor authentication leads to further confusion. Global Privacy Control (GPC) is not…
Apr 17, 2025
Top ISO 27001 certification companies

Top ISO 27001 Certification Companies: Global Leaders in Information Security Audits

ISO/IEC 27001 is the gold standard for information security management, and obtaining certification can significantly benefit enterprises. In this article, we’ll look at why businesses pursue ISO 27001, identify the best ISO 27001 certification companies and accrediting bodies worldwide, and offer advice on choosing the correct certification partner.  TL;DR  ISO 27001 ensures businesses meet international…
Apr 01, 2025
Ransomware Prevention

Ransomware Prevention: Stay Ahead Before the Lock Screen Hits

Ransomware is no longer a fringe cybercrime—it’s a multi-billion-dollar industry growing alarmingly.  With Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) lowering the barrier to entry for cybercriminals, even less sophisticated actors can launch high-impact attacks that paralyze businesses overnight. The ransomware prevention market is expanding just as rapidly. In 2023, it was valued at $28.49 billion, growing to $32.25 billion…
Mar 19, 2025
Privacy Impact Assessment

Privacy Impact Assessments: Managing Risks, Building Trust

Privacy. As children, we are taught to respect it by knocking before entering, not reading someone else’s diary, and keeping secrets when trusted. But some time along the way, things get messy. We live in a world where people share more than ever—location check-ins, fitness information, late-night Google searches—so it’s tempting to believe privacy is…
Mar 17, 2025