Author

Jaana Metsamaa

Co-founder at Kordon

Jaana Metsamaa is a co-founder of Kordon, the straightforward GRC platform. She holds an MSc in Engineering with a focus on Cybersecurity from TalTech (Tallinn University of Technology) and has completed SANS FOR509 training in enterprise cloud forensics and incident response. Before Kordon, she was VP of Product at Binalyze, a digital forensics and incident response company, and spent four years in product leadership at Pipedrive, including as Director of Product. She currently serves on the executive board of Women4Cyber Estonia and writes Kordon’s Weekly Cybersecurity News Roundup.

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104 articles

Blog

31 articles
  1. Illustration of policies, controls, risks, evidence, and tasks connected in one GRC system.

    What Is a GRC Tool? A Guide to the GRC Software Landscape

  2. Two security leaders seen from behind: one struggling with scattered GRC documents and unidentified archive boxes, and the other using an organised, connected GRC system.

    Why your GRC platform might matter more to the CEO than the CISO

  3. Illustration of an AI agent robot receiving an API key from a human hand, connected to Kordon's GRC object model — controls, risks, assets, vendors, tasks, and evidence.

    AI Agents Are Your New Users: How to Design for Them

  4. Illustration for a blog post about canary tokens and early breach detection.

    Canary Tokens for Early Breach Detection

  5. Illustration showing business processes connecting to assets, vendors, and risks in a GRC program.

    Why Business Process Management Is the Missing Link in GRC

  6. Access That Follows Responsibility, Not Org Charts

  7. Illustration of creating an E-ITS asset and vendor register.

    Step-by-step guide: How to Create an E-ITS Asset and Vendor Register

  8. Illustration of connecting business processes with assets in E-ITS.

    Step-by-step guide: How to Define Business Processes for E-ITS

  9. Hero image for No Warrant, No Problem: How Governments Are Building the Surveillance Super App.

    No Warrant, No Problem: How Governments Are Building the Surveillance Super App

  10. Illustration for an article about practical vendor tiering.

    Vendor Tiering in Practice: How to Calibrate Vendor Levels Without Overkill

  11. Illustration for building a vendor risk management framework.

    How to Build a Vendor Risk Management Framework

  12. Illustration comparing vendor management with vendor risk management.

    Vendor Management vs. Vendor Risk Management: What's the Difference?

  13. Illustration comparing an on-premises GRC platform with a vendor-hosted cloud deployment.

    On-Premises GRC Platform: Pros, Cons, and When It Makes Sense

  14. Illustration for an article about spam bombing and social engineering.

    How an Attacker Used 'Spam Bombing' to Gain Remote Access

  15. Illustration for an article about security leaders being forced into reminder duty.

    You're an InfoSec Professional Not a Kinderkarten Teacher

  16. Illustration for making policy training more engaging.

    How To Do Policy Training Better

  17. Illustration for essential KPIs to track the effectiveness of an information security program.

    19 Essential KPIs to Track Your ISMS's Effectiveness

  18. Illustration for a guide about choosing useful GRC metrics and KPIs.

    GRC Metrics & KPIs Checklist with Example KPIs

  19. Illustration for an article about writing clearer risk statements.

    Risk Management Fail: Mixing Causes with the Risk Itself

  20. Illustration representing a likely direction from NIS2 toward broader NIS3-style expectations.

    NIS 2 Just Came Out But We Already Know What NIS 3 Will Bring

  21. Illustration for an article about vendor drift after onboarding.

    The Highest Vendor Risk Happens AFTER Onboarding: Vendor Drift

  22. Illustration of scales to illustrate the idea of hidden biases in risk scoring.

    Choosing the Right Risk Matrix: Hidden Biases and How to Overcome Them

  23. Is “We Don’t Use Your Data for AI Training” Enough?

  24. Illustration for collaborating across the organisation to capture assets.

    How to Collaborate within the Organisation to Capture All Assets?

  25. How to Guide: Mapping Assets to Business Processes

  26. Risk Management Software: What to Look For + 6 Tools

  27. Illustration for the ultimate guide to asset inventory management.

    The Ultimate Guide to Asset Inventory Management

  28. Illustration highlighting top information security risks in 2025.

    Top Information Security Risks to monitor in 2025

  29. Illustration representing operational risks for modern organisations.

    25 Essential Operational Risks with Practical examples

  30. Illustration showing five categories of risk modern companies should consider.

    5 categories of risk modern companies need to consider

  31. Illustration for asset inventory best practices in ISO 27001 compliance.

    Asset Inventory Best Practices to Build Resilience and Security

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