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!
Laika vs Vanta vs Sprinto

Laika vs Vanta vs Sprinto: What’s your best bet?

The perception of compliance has gradually shifted from a necessary evil to an essential tool for business. However, with increasingly stringent frameworks to adhere to and endless controls to monitor, compliance pros need a wingman that makes their life easier.  If you have been researching, you would know that Laika, Vanta and Sprinto are heavyweight…
Oct 30, 2024
Data Governance framework

Data Governance Framework: Comomplete Implementation Guide

As data becomes a vital component in fuelling business strategy and outcomes more than ever before, forward-looking organizations are striving to continuously enhance the trustworthiness of data. This is because data-driven decisions enable better insights and meaningful changes for the organization. However, building a data-informed culture calls for better data ownership, sharing, collaboration, and ongoing…
Oct 30, 2024
DSPM Tools

Top 10 DSPM Tools to Uncover and Secure Your Data

Fragmented data discovery, visibility gaps, and the tedious process of manually classifying data can spell trouble in a world that produces data at an unprecedented pace. In fact, 90% of the world’s data was generated just between 2021 and 2023, and by 2025, it’s expected to soar to 181 zettabytes. It’s no wonder data security…
Oct 28, 2024

7 Best Cyber Risk Management Platforms

Companies today see the move to cyber risk management from the traditional risk avoidance approach as a strategic imperative. They are actively looking for methods to bypass the long-term costs of a security incident—loss of business, legal action and fines, etc. Cyber risk management platforms have the risk intelligence needed to uncover advanced risks and…
Oct 25, 2024
Essential Strategies for Effective Cybersecurity Training

Essential Cybersecurity Training for Employees: Free and Paid Options

Your strongest defences are only as effective as your employees enforcing them. Malicious actors often use weak practices as entry points for cyber attacks. Most of these are exploitable weaknesses such as weak passwords, shadow IT, and unguarded devices. This is where cybersecurity training can be the difference. It forms the initial layer of security….
Oct 24, 2024
Data Security Regulations

A Quick Guide to Data Security Regulations

A study by Gartner states that 75% of the world population will have its personal information covered under privacy regulations by 2024. The massive scale at which data is processed today and the growing reliance on technology underscore the pressing need for data security. Data regulations help establish guidelines for sensitive information protection and promote…
Oct 23, 2024