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!
GRC Components Explained: Governance, Risk, Compliance Overview

What are 3 Components of GRC? Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Every business has always needed strategic direction, practices that minimize risks, and compliance to avoid legal penalties. There may be a lack of formal processes, but historically, Governance, Risk, and Compliance has been practiced by businesses individually.  Fast-forward to the recent trends where a need for an integrated approach has been highlighted. This shift is…
Oct 23, 2024
Top 10 Incident Management Software for Quicker Response and Business Resilience

Top 10 Incident Management Software for Quicker Response and Business Resilience

You can’t predict if a fire will break out in your facility, yet fire drills remain critical to preparedness. Now, consider cyberattacks—a certainty in today’s landscape, with one occurring every 39 seconds. While you can’t control when your organization might be targeted, you can control how prepared you are to respond. A robust incident response…
Oct 20, 2024
soc tools

Top SOC Tools for Threat Monitoring and Response

Setting up a security operations center (SOC) requires a lot of involvement and collaboration. From defining objectives to implementing effective processes, every step can feel arduous and daunting. Especially while manually sifting through logs, delaying incident responses, and decoding scalability issues. And this is why you need SOC tools. SOC tools leverage automation to streamline…
Oct 17, 2024
How to implement role-based access control

How to implement role-based access control?

According to Gartner Analysts, by 2026, more than half of the cyberattacks will be aimed at organizations with weak or no zero-trust controls. Additionally, 10% of enterprises will have a mature and measurable zero-trust program. Zero-trust is based on the principle of holding back trust till something is verified—a principle that is both the present…
Oct 17, 2024
How much does cyber essential certification cost

How much does Cyber Essentials Certification Cost?

As a digital business, if you are looking to start implementing baseline cyber security measures and embark on a compliance journey, Cyber Essentials is a good starting point. It can substantially bolster your protection against most attacks and is relatively simple to achieve. Thereafter, you can move towards frameworks like ISO 27001 and GDPR with…
Oct 17, 2024
Cyber Essentials Plus cost

How much does Cyber Essentials Plus Certification cost?

Considering the seriousness of cyber-attacks faced by UK companies, the Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certifications were launched in June 2014. By October 2014, it became an essential requirement for government suppliers to ensure data protection.  According to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the previous year, 9037 Cyber Essential Plus certificates were issued,…
Oct 17, 2024