Governance, Risk, & Compliance
My thoughts, observations, and readings on different facets of GRC.
After Good to Great, I had high expectations from this book, but it fell short. The research is good, but for some reason seemed outdated e.g. comparing the greatest companies of our generation and did not have a reference to Google / Apple / Microsoft which seemed odd – no fault of the book though…
Wife and I have been debating a lot about the Marathon plan that we want to follow. She has previous experience of a 10K and thinks that 21K would not be a huge shift — of course, she has never attempted a half marathon. I did a few half-marathons and know the change from half…
As soon as I activated LinkedIn, I saw a barrage of folks sharing this HBR article from 2018. And of course, the title is catchy enough so I gave it a read. The article provides excellent insight on why it’s important for leaders (I would argue for managers at all levels) to keep their ego…
This documentary was recommended by a friend sometime last year but I finally got a chance to watch this with Wife today. For the entire 85 min of the documentary, Wife and I were glued to the screen and totally engrossed by the love and friendship developed between the Octopus and Craig Foster. I learned…
Wife asked the other day what’s the major difference I observed between working at Ginger/HH than the previous companies. I have been fortunate to work with companies that had a culture and history of 150+ years with 100,000 employees, companies that were 20-year-old startups, and then a real start-up that was going through a major…
The last few months have been tumultuous, both personally and professionally. Needed to sign a new lease for the house. Wanted to travel to India, but couldn’t. Had to miss a number of important weddings. Ginger merged with Headspace bringing more responsibilities than the usual Dec break. and so on… Through all of this, like…
I read these 4 quotes at different point of time in my life and through thick and thin these have stayed with me for a long time. When I am alone, I like to reiterate the list of all the things I want to do. The books I want to read, the MOOCs I want…
I have always loved reading this poem by one of the greatest Indian poets Rabindranath Tagore. This poem has an astonishing depth of literature, thoughts, and fearlessness – 3 definite traits India needed at the time this poem was written (1910). Where the mind is without fearand the head is held highWhere knowledge is freeWhere…
After 5 years of running my last half-marathon in Mumbai, I registered for the San Francisco Full Marathon. Wife got pretty excited too and registered for the half-marathon. She has done a 10K in Bristol, UK, but it’s been a few years for her as well. My goal is to complete the marathon in sub…
NIST 800-53 Rev.5 aka Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations (provides a catalog of security and privacy controls for information systems and organizations to protect organizational operations and assets, individuals, other organizations from threats and risks, including hostile attacks, human errors, natural disasters, structural failures, foreign intelligence entities, and privacy risks. NIST…