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Your Guide to ISO 42001 Controls for AI Governance

Investors have been asking companies the tough question: How strong is your AI adoption and usage? Employees are under pressure to rethink their workflows, use the right tools, cut costs, and maximize efficiency. But hardly anyone talks about the governance side of it, when in fact, AI risks are not in the models you use…

Risk Assessment Matrix: What Is It + How to Create It

Imagine this: You’re in your weekly team sync. Someone flags a possible vendor breach. A few minutes later, the conversation shifts to a product misconfiguration that might expose customer data. Then there’s a mention of a delayed compliance audit because someone missed a control update. These things come up often. Each one feels serious in…

What Is Policy Management? A Fad or a Must-have?

Imagine this: You’re updating a company-wide policy. Legal sends one version, HR forwards another, and the security team uses an older copy saved months ago. You assume everyone’s aligned until an auditor asks for proof of acknowledgment, and no one can trace who signed what. Things fall through when policies live in too many places,…

Secureframe vs Vanta vs Drata: Who actually delivers on Compliance?

If you’re just starting your search for a SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or GDPR compliance solution, you’ve likely come across three big names: Secureframe, Vanta, and Drata. Each promises to automate evidence collection, streamline audits, and simplify certification. But which one truly delivers on its promises?  Choosing the wrong platform can mean costly delays…

Honest MetricStream GRC Review: Power, Complexity, and the Real Cost

If you’ve ever been involved in the process of evaluating GRC tools, then chances are you have crossed paths with MetricStream. It is one of the most well-known names in enterprise GRC, especially for its feature breadth, and is also one of the most polarizing. The platform promises to centralize governance, risk, compliance, audit, and…

Business Resilience: A Compliance-First Guide

Speak to most businesses about resilience, and you’ll hear them talk about backup systems, business continuity, or even disaster recovery. That would’ve been fine—if it were 2015. But a decade later, resilience is more relevant than ever. Resilience is about how fast you can adjust to a regulatory curveball or ensure a vendor outage that…