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Critical Vulnerabilities Discovered in Automated Tank Gauge Systems
Bitsight TRACE explores several critical vulnerabilities discovered in ATG systems and their inherent risk when exposed to the Internet.
Between 2023-2025, there was a 38% increase in CVEs. Learn which industry sectors have seen the highest levels of CVEs, & which CVEs had the highest impact.
Delivering medical services involves hundreds of third-party vendors. We explore the criticality of healthcare vendor risk management and how organizations can overcome common challenges.
With economic sanctions being levied by the US against Iran and a trade war heating up with China, some security experts are cautioning that attacks targeting US critical infrastructure may be inevitable. Are electric utilities prepared to defend themselves and their facilities against these attacks?
The retail industry has always been a favorite target of cyber criminals. We all remember major data breaches like those that affected Target, TJX, and Home Depot — but the truth is that retail security threats have been a daily concern of retailers for a long time.
Cyberattacks on state and local governments are on the rise. In 2020, more than 100 government agencies, including municipalities, were targeted with ransomware – an increasingly popular attack vector.
To ensure the security & resilience of critical infrastructure & digital services, the EU introduced the Directive (UE) 2022/2555 (NIS 2). See how Bitsight can help.
Financial services is a wide industry, encompassing banks, insurance companies, investment firms, analysts, consultants, and many more. We’ve found financial services to be one of the best performing sectors in terms of cybersecurity. We’ve been able to pinpoint a handful of basic facts, ideas, and principles that make the financial sector so successful at cybersecurity, and we’ve outlined those “pillars” below. Take a look!
About 25 years ago, the evolution of the overall digital ecosystem necessitated the creation of the first CISO role. Now, 61% of companies have a CISO.
Recent Bitsight research shows that 76% of healthcare organizations may be at increased risk of ransomware attacks due to poor TLS/SSL configuration management.
Bitsight has identified nearly 100,000 exposed industrial control systems (ICS) potentially allowing an attacker to access and control physical infrastructure.
For obvious reasons, the financial services industry has had the unfortunate distinction of being one of the largest high value targets for threat actors. Research shows that financial services businesses experience 300 more cyber attacks than organizations in other industries. Many of those attacks come through third-party suppliers whose networks may not be as secure as the organizations they work with.
The financial services sector is one of the highest performing in terms of cybersecurity. One factor that contributes to this performance is regulation.
Discover the performance areas policymakers should begin measuring, why these are important and how they should collect the data.
How financial and security leaders can work together to protect their organizations in the wake of the recent crisis affecting Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).
Learn how to automate and streamline the process for third-party vendor risk management at financial institutions.