Shihan Suhail

Evaluating SOC 2 Type II Reports as a Cybersecurity Engineer It is important to understand that data is a key element of modern society, the lifeblood of business data in the present era. As such, cybersecurity executives are required to shift from being technical to strategic advisors. In my view, SOC 2 Type II is an important tool for measuring vendor risk and operational resiliency. Their worth is achieved only in the context of risk-driven decisioning, especially in an enterprise where compliance, integrity of data, and trust are of supreme essence. This article offers a step-by-step approach to assess a SOC 2 Type II report and extract the insights needed to advise executive leadership effectively. Why the SOC 2 Type II reports more important? Not like SOC 2 Type I, which captures a point-in-time snapshot (valuable if you just want to know if controls exist), SOC 2 Type II reports evaluate control effectiveness over time — typically...

Will AI Agents Disrupt GRC Workflows? In the ever-evolving cybersecurity and compliance landscape, Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) workflows have long been cumbersome, time-intensive, and manual. But changing times are here. The advent of AI agents — intelligent, self-directed computer programs that can examine vast quantities of structured and unstructured data — is beginning to disrupt the way that organizations deal with GRC. 1. Real-Time Risk Monitoring AI agents can examine systems, cloud configurations, user activity, and compliance needs in real-time that traditional GRC processes have historically processed in batches. Example: AI agents can point out a misconfigured S3 bucket or Azure role definition in real time, instead of waiting for the next audit. 2. Automated Control Mapping Instead of manually cross-mapping controls of standards like NIST 800–53, ISO27001, or CIS across AWS/Azure/GCP, AI agents can: Read security cont...