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SOC 2 mapping: Infrastructure and data security

With the risk landscape changing every single day due to a number of different reasons like constantly evolving cyber-attacks to changing regulatory requirements, it can be hard enough for…

Three branches of business continuity

Bad things happen. It may be difficult to anticipate all the possible scenarios that could disrupt your business, but we have witnessed a few examples in recent years: a…

What to expect during the Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) process

How often do you contemplate if your data and details are protected by a company? It is frequently presumed important information is protected, but many times a business must…

An IT business continuity plan: Why you need one and what it entails

Business continuity and disaster recovery plans (BCDR) are organization-wide plans to help prepare your business for a wide range of potential crises and to mitigate the impact of such…

Monster Meta GDPR fine drives home importance of compliance

On April 13, 2023, the European Data Protection Board* (EDPB) issued a binding dispute resolution against Meta IE (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited) following a dispute submitted by the Irish…

SOC 2 mapping: Infrastructure and data security

With the risk landscape changing every single day due to a number of different reasons like constantly evolving cyber-attacks to changing regulatory requirements, it can be hard enough for…

Three branches of business continuity

Bad things happen. It may be difficult to anticipate all the possible scenarios that could disrupt your business, but we have witnessed a few examples in recent years: a…

What to expect during the Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) process

How often do you contemplate if your data and details are protected by a company? It is frequently presumed important information is protected, but many times a business must…

An IT business continuity plan: Why you need one and what it entails

Business continuity and disaster recovery plans (BCDR) are organization-wide plans to help prepare your business for a wide range of potential crises and to mitigate the impact of such…

Data security and SOC 2 user control considerations

So you’ve managed to align your current processes with SOC 2 requirements and are ready to start taking the data security world by storm. Great work! But first, you’ll…

Product Spotlight: Project Management Bundle

There is no doubt that achieving security compliance is a collaborative effort. Stakeholders, contributors, and other roles have to understand what’s being asked of them, the deliverables, the timelines,…

Product Spotlight: Security Questionnaire Tools

Enterprises use security questionnaires to assess data safety when it’s in the vendors’ hands. They want to see honest, direct, complete responses––but most questionnaires range from 80-500 or more…

Product Spotlight: Bundled Penetration Testing

Announcing new in-app pentesting to help you feel less vulnerable! This new feature adds to Thoropass’s (formerly Laika) comprehensive approach to compliance automation by continuing to be an all-in-one…

Product Spotlight: Introducing Thoropass’s in-app Launchpad

While we like to work on in-app features that will improve our customers’ experience getting compliant, we also want them to enjoy using Thoropass (formerly Laika). How our customers…

Product Spotlight: Introducing Integrated Audit

As Laika sets its sights on becoming the most comprehensive compliance solution, our product and engineering teams worked countless hours on our integrated audit offering. We’re thrilled to finally…
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Breaking the stigma: Mental health in start-up environments

Originally established in 1949 by Mental Health America, May is Mental Health Awareness Month. With it comes the opportunity to shine a spotlight on the key role mental health…

How a strong sense of belonging can help you hire more qualified talent

The labor market has been uncertain and volatile during the last few years. Whether it’s the weekly notifications of new layoffs or a person in someone’s professional or personal…

Women of Thoropass: Celebrating the Women Behind Thoropass

Women’s History Month is an annual celebration of women’s contributions to society throughout history. Here at Thoropass (formerly Laika), we know women in tech are under-represented and deserve to…

SaaStr Annual: Fail Fast to Scale Fast

After building my career in the startup space, it was a great pleasure to speak at SaaStr Annual 2022 about managing marketing revenue expectations in the rapidly evolving SaaS…

The Art of the Pitch: A Lesson in Startup Funding

This past Thursday, we sat down with two of our co-founders and co-CEOs, Sam Li and Austin Ogilvie, to discuss how they raised a Series C round of funding….
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Monster Meta GDPR fine drives home importance of compliance

On April 13, 2023, the European Data Protection Board* (EDPB) issued a binding dispute resolution against Meta IE (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited) following a dispute submitted by the Irish…

Announcing The New Thoropass Partner Ecosystem

Thoropass has some exciting news to share! We just launched our new Partner Ecosystem to help customers extend the value out of our solution by bridging in-house gaps with…

Thoropass is proud to be an approved HITRUST External Assessor!

Note: This post was originally published on December 14, 2022, and was updated on May 9, 2023. Thoropass is proud to be the first automated compliance solution to become…

Meet Thoropass’s new VP of Product: An interview with Andrew Persons

Today, we are thrilled to introduce you to Thoropass’s new VP of Product, Andrew Persons. With a diverse and unique background, he brings a wealth of experience and expertise…

Thoropass is live on Product Hunt!

Thoropass is excited to announce our debut on Product Hunt! Our launch on Product Hunt highlights our core capabilities and differentiated product. Thoropass offers a truly holistic solution to…