BITSIGHT SECURITY RATINGS BLOG

In our ever-evolving, dynamic cybersecurity landscape, new vulnerabilities are being exploited daily and potential threats can escalate very quickly. Expectations and standards of care are constantly in flux — and what constituted...

Today’s businesses can’t succeed on their own, which is why they turn to third parties to grow and stay competitive. However, these partnerships can introduce unwanted cyber risk.

The global cybersecurity market is currently worth $173 billion and expected to grow to $270 billion by 2026. Yet as organizations invest more in security technology, a new global survey by IBM Security and the Ponemon Institute suggests...

The content in this piece was originally published by BitSight in April of 2017. This updated version includes current information about BitSight, our security rating and third-party monitoring software, and the cybersecurity space.

Given...

This piece was originally published by BitSight in April of 2017. This updated version includes current information about BitSight, our security rating and third-party monitoring software, and the cybersecurity space.

As a security...

If you’re running a third-party risk management program, you’re probably no stranger to pressure. Between business owners demanding vendors be onboarded ever faster, to the ever present threat of a data breach, there is a lot to worry...

Working from home introduces significant cyber risk to any organization. However, recent events reveal that it’s not a case of “if” but “when” bad actors will exploit the rampant vulnerabilities on home networks.

This week the New York Times released a report warning that a group of Russian hackers going by the name “Evil Corp” has been attempting to exploit the rampant vulnerabilities presented by the US workforce shifting to working from home at...

“Celebrity” vulnerabilities like BlueKeep attract the attention and resources of security teams, often hogging the spotlight, allowing other, less visible, but just as dangerous, weaknesses that could be exploited by bad actors to go...