Cybersecurity
ISO 27001 Readiness for Growing Companies: What to Put in Place First
A practical sequence for building an ISO 27001 program before the certification clock starts.
Ankit Manglik8 min read
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Ankit Manglik
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Ankit brings 25+ years of experience across GCCs, finance, cybersecurity, internal audit, privacy programs, and enterprise compliance.
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Cybersecurity
SOC 2 Readiness: The Controls That Matter Before the Auditor Arrives
A control-first SOC 2 readiness guide for teams preparing for customer security reviews.
Ankit Manglik7 min read
Cybersecurity
When a Fractional CISO Makes Sense for a Growing Business
How to know when security leadership is needed before a full-time CISO is justified.
Ankit Manglik6 min read
Cybersecurity
Data Fiduciary vs. Data Processor Under DPDPA: Roles, Obligations and Contract Templates
Every vendor contract I have reviewed this year has someone insisting they are "just a processor" the moment DPDPA comes up. Sometimes that is true. Often it is wishful thinking.
Ankit Manglik8 min read
Cybersecurity
DPDPA Compliance Checklist: A Step-by-Step Self-Assessment Guide
Most "are we DPDPA compliant" conversations I sit in on start with someone printing out the Act and end with nobody sure what to do on Monday morning. Here is the checklist I actually use.
Ankit Manglik9 min read
Finance
₹0 to ₹25L: The Founder Finance Mistake That's Cheapest to Fix Now
Every D2C founder I have sat with at this stage tells me some version of the same story: I know roughly how much came in, I have no idea what it actually was. That "roughly" is the whole problem.
Ankit Manglik8 min read
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Cybersecurity
72-Hour Breach Notification Protocol: Meeting DPDP Board Mandates
The first time I ran an incident response drill against a 72-hour regulatory clock, the number that scared the room was not seventy-two, it was how much of it we would burn just figuring out what happened.
Ankit Manglik8 min read
Cybersecurity
7 Types of DPDPA Consent Management Platforms, and How to Choose One
I nearly wrote this as a ranked "7 best" list with prices attached, until I noticed the source data came mostly from vendors ranking themselves first on their own blogs. Here is the honest version instead.
Ankit Manglik9 min read