Author: Pansy

Pansy is an ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity content marketer with a background in Computer Science engineering. Lately, she has been exploring the world of marketing through the lens of GRC (Governance, risk & compliance) with Sprinto. When she’s not working, she’s either deeply engrossed in political fiction or honing her culinary skills. You may also find her sunbathing on a beach or hiking through a dense forest.

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SOC 2 Exceptions: What They Mean & How to Handle Them

In Accenture’s 2024 Risk Study, 27% of risk leaders flagged compliance as an urgent concern, and 44% admitted to struggling with risk visibility before audits. One area where these challenges often come to light is during SOC 2 audits, where even minor gaps in risk management and controls can lead to exceptions. These exceptions refer…

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Internal Audits: Guide to Stronger Controls & Risk Management

Internal audits are not just prep work for external validation. They are a strategic tool that helps organizations uncover blind spots in operations, security, finance, and compliance, before external auditors, regulators, or worse, attackers do. According to Deloitte, 82% of internal audit functions have increased their impact in the last three years, but only 14%…

Blogs, Compliance management

Vulnerability Management: Key Stages, Challenges, and Best Practices

Equifax breach in 2017: attackers exploited a known but unpatched Apache Struts vulnerability, ultimately exposing the personal data of over 140 million people. This incident began with a single, overlooked weakness, illustrating how most breaches start with something known but unfixed. Without a systematic approach to identifying, prioritizing, and patching vulnerabilities, security gaps can quietly…

Blogs, Compliance management

Compliance Audit: Evaluating Regulatory Compliance Effectively

Negligence in cybersecurity costs more than regulatory fines. It erodes your customer’s trust. This is precisely why most regulatory bodies, such as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), or General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), recommend a thorough compliance audit—aptly put, an assessment of your company’s first line of defense. …

Blogs, Compliance management

Compliance Operations: Key Functions, Roles & Responsibilities

Fines, lawsuits, and probably some seriously bad press; that’s what’s on the line when compliance operations fall through the cracks. Without it, cyber threats slip through, data gets exposed, teams go off the rails, and regulators come knocking. But here’s the thing: compliance doesn’t have to be a bottleneck. Done right, it’s a competitive edge….

Blogs, Cybersecurity

Stakeholder Alignment in Cybersecurity: Conflicts, Confusions & Implications

Cybersecurity doesn’t just need more money; it needs better direction. Misaligned priorities cost more than tight budgets ever will. Despite increased involvement from executives and boards, many cybersecurity teams still struggle to communicate risk in business terms. Misalignment persists between CISOs and CFOs, in terms of compliance and strategy, and between the reality of market…