Insights on cybersecurity, compliance, and infrastructure automation.
Article-by-article breakdown of NIS2 Directive requirements. Covers governance (Art. 20), risk management measures (Art. 21), supply chain (Art. 22), incident reporting (Art. 23), and what you need to implement.
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A control-by-control mapping of NIS2 Article 21 to ISO 27001:2022 Annex A. See exactly what your ISMS already covers, where the gaps are, and what you need to add for NIS2 compliance.
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How to implement ISO 27001, NIS2, SOC 2, and GDPR compliance simultaneously using open-source GRC platforms - without paying enterprise software prices. Includes decision framework, implementation roadmap, and free assessment tools.
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Security questionnaires waste thousands of hours per year. Learn how companies are using trust portals, compliance automation, and public transparency to replace repetitive vendor assessments - and close deals faster.
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An honest assessment of CISO Assistant against a real-world GRC platform evaluation checklist. How does open-source GRC handle evidence collection, auditor independence, policy quality, and evidence integrity?
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A practical summary of the OWASP LLM AI Security & Governance Checklist - covering threat modeling, asset inventory, legal risks, EU AI Act alignment, and how to build an AI governance program that actually works.
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Why companies are building public trust portals, what to include, how we built ours with CISO Assistant, and how you can create your own in a weekend.
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A practical guide to the NIS2 Directive - who must comply, key requirements, penalties, NIS2 vs ISO 27001 overlap, and how to implement compliance with CISO Assistant.
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An honest, practitioner-driven comparison of open-source GRC platforms - CISO Assistant, Eramba, and SimpleRisk - and when commercial tools like Vanta or Drata actually make more sense.
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How to build an ISO 27001 Statement of Applicability (SoA) in CISO Assistant - defining applied controls, justifying exclusions, and creating an audit-ready document that maps controls to Annex A requirements.
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How to build and maintain a comprehensive IT asset inventory in CISO Assistant - covering SaaS tools, infrastructure, data assets, and physical locations. Aligned with ISO 27001 Annex A.5.9 requirements.
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How to conduct a business impact analysis (BIA) in CISO Assistant - setting RTO, RPO, and recovery priorities aligned with ISO 22317:2021. Includes a free interactive BIA Calculator with PDF export.
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How to map security controls to ISO 27001, TISAX, and multiple frameworks simultaneously in CISO Assistant. Reduce audit prep time by linking controls to requirements so auditors see the full picture.
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A practical guide to conducting ISO 27005-style risk assessments in CISO Assistant - building threat catalogs, creating risk scenarios, scoring likelihood and impact, and applying controls. Includes a free OWASP Risk Calculator.
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How to register, assess, and monitor third-party vendor security in CISO Assistant. Covers ISO 27036 supplier risk assessment, vendor tiering, contract requirements, and continuous monitoring - with a free Supplier Risk Assessment tool.
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CISO Assistant is an open-source GRC platform with 80+ compliance frameworks, risk management, evidence tracking, and API-first design. No license fees, no vendor lock-in, full data ownership.
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Step-by-step guide to implementing ISO 27001:2022 with CISO Assistant - gap analysis, control mapping, risk assessment, evidence collection, and continuous monitoring using a free open-source GRC platform.
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