Author: Payal Wadhwa

Payal is your friendly neighborhood compliance whiz who is also ISC2 certified! She turns perplexing compliance lingo into actionable advice about keeping your digital business safe and savvy. When she isn’t saving virtual worlds, she’s penning down poetic musings or lighting up local open mics. Cyber savvy by day, poet by night!

Sprinto vs Scrut: A Detailed Side-by-Side Review

Compliance used to be something teams dealt with in the background. Now, it shows up everywhere—during sales calls, security reviews, vendor questionnaires, and investor check-ins. The stakes are higher, timelines are tighter, and the margin for error is smaller.  So if you’re searching “Sprinto vs. Scrut,” you are not just comparing tools but looking for…
Apr 29, 2025
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Top 10 HIPAA Compliance Software (2025 Updated)

Skipping something as fundamental as a risk assessment can have devastating consequences. Excellus Health Plan is a case in point. The insurer paid $5.1 million in settlement after hackers breached its systems and exposed the data of 9.3 million patients.  The cause? Routine security practices—like monitoring and access reviews—had been overlooked.   Unfortunately, they’re not alone….
Apr 22, 2025

Beyond the Office: Cybersecurity for Hybrid Workforces

Six in ten US employees prefer a hybrid work setup, and it’s here to stay. While it has offered efficiency and productivity gains, it has also altered the corporate attack surface. It’s easy for an employee to sit in a coffee shop or a coworking space and casually share a confidential file over WhatsApp instead…
Apr 07, 2025

GRC, Unfiltered: Raw Takes from Our Virtual Roundtable

There is nothing like battle-tested insights from the brightest minds in Governance, Risk, and Compliance. At our recent virtual roundtable ‘Trust Triangle’ , conducted on March 25th, 2025, veteran security professionals dissected key challenges through lenses that are often overlooked. These experts then shared their wealth of wisdom and invaluable perspectives. In this blog, we…
Apr 07, 2025

Breaking Down Compliance Costs: Where Your Money Goes and How to Save

Compliance comes with a price tag—whether done right or neglected, and the cost of poor compliance is always higher. Cutting corners isn’t an option in today’s hyper-connected, digitized world, where resilience and regulatory adherence are non-negotiable. But what if we looked at compliance costs differently? By understanding where these expenses come from and exploring strategies…
Mar 26, 2025

Breaking Down NIST 800-171 Controls: The Full List of Security Requirements

As long as small and mid-sized businesses can demonstrate robust security measures, the U.S. Department of Defense is more than willing to outsource innovation, ideas, and services to them. You don’t need to be a large enterprise to win federal contracts—what matters is proving that you can effectively safeguard sensitive government information from potential threats….
Mar 26, 2025