Governance, Risk, & Compliance
My thoughts, observations, and readings on different facets of GRC.
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…
I recently watched this talk by Shreyas Doshi on Product Management. I have no plans to move to PM but the following Shreyas holds on Twitter and the threads of wisdom on his timeline made me follow him and watch the video. The entire video was pretty relevant to any career path, be it PM,…
I was awestruck when I saw Free Solo for the first time and saw Alex Hannold taking over the gigantic El Capitan in less than 4 hours. When I was in Yosemite in the Spring of Feb’20, I could not comprehend the sheer audacity of Alex to take on something that is nearly impossible. I…
Some of my favorite quotes that I have accumulated over the years and imbibe in my life as much as possible (still learning and a long way to go): The pain of achievement fades away, achievement never does. – Jay Bazzinotti If one keeps one leg in the past and the other in the future,…
Nowadays, Lindy Effect has been all over social media and Twitter. I first came across this term while reading Antifragile that essentially means the more exposure you received in the past, the more exposure you’ll receive in the future. Of couse, this idea is relevant to things that are non-perishable such as ideas, technologies, music,…
I have always loved Robert Frost’s poem ‘The Road Not Taken’ and think about it every time I ponder upon the past choices I have made. How it would have worked out if Wife had never gone to the UK? What I might be doing if I never left India to pursue Masters? What our…