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Modeling firms take first look at cyber risks

Armed with subsequent agreements with Richmond, Virginia-based Risk Based Security Inc. and its database of 16,000 cyber incidents and Cambridge, Massachusetts-based BitSight Technologies and its...

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Study claims economic globalisation brings on cyber-risk

Businesses have learned to embrace economic globalisation and have expanded operations around the world. A new report from BitSight studied how entering new countries can bring on financial,...

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Brazil a Major Cybersecurity Risk Ahead of Rio Olympics

People around the world have worried about Brazil’s readiness for the Summer Olympics as news of the Zika virus, political unrest and even poor ticket sales have plagued the news surrounding the...

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Brazilian Companies Have The Worst Cyber Security On Earth

A report released on Thursday (May 26) stated that Brazilian businesses scored “significantly poorer” across a range of cybersecurity metrics when compared to other global markets, Reuters...

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Brazil Tops Worst Cybersecurity List

A report released on Thursday (May 26) stated that Brazilian businesses scored “significantly poorer” across a range of cybersecurity metrics when compared to other global markets, Reuters...

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U.S. companies are more secure than Chinese, Brazilian firms, but botnets remain a problem

U.S. businesses are some of the most secure in the world, but they still struggle to combat botnets and they leave networks open to common security vulnerabilities, according to security firm...

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Botnets Remain U.S. IT Achilles Heel

The U.S. has one of the highest IT security ratings, with the notable exception of preventing botnet infections, according to a new six-nation survey from BitSight Insights.

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Report Ranks Riskiest Countries for Conducting Business

Companies based in Brazil have the lowest aggregate Security Rating, while companies in the UK, Germany and the United States have the highest, according to a new report that ranks the riskiest...

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Cyber trouble in Brazil

BitSight Technologies, the standard in Security Ratings, today released a new BitSight Insights report titled, “BitSight Insights Global View: Revealing Security Performance Metrics Across Major...

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Blame it on Rio

With the 2016 Summer Olympics just months away, Brazil’s IT readiness to host the Rio event is still up in the air. According to a recent BitSight Technologies report, the South American country...

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Brazil a major cyber security risk ahead of Olympics

A new report from BitSight Technologies highlights cyber security concerns too with security performance of companies in Brazil among the worst in the developed nations, meaning business dealings in...

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UK companies have a high cyber-security rating

The UK is among the countries with the highest business cyber-security rating among several other high-profile players, according to a new report by BitSight Technologies.

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Brazilian companies have some bad cyber policies: Report

Companies based in Brazil perform poorly on email security, file-sharing practices and other metrics according to a study by BitSight, a security ratings company. “Nearly half of Brazil’s companies...

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Brazilian Companies Rank Last Among Major Economies On Cyber Security

"Brazil has significantly poorer performance than the other countries included in the study," the study said.

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Brazilian Companies Rank Worst Among Major Economies On Cyber Security

Companies based in Brazil scored “significantly poorer” in aggregate on a variety of cyber security indicators than those based in other major world economies, such as the United States and China,...

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Brazilian Companies Rank Worst Among Major Economies

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Brazilian companies rank worst among major economies on cyber security: report

The study, from Massachusetts-based security ratings company BitSight, found that Brazilian companies underperformed on metrics such as machine compromise rates, email security and file-sharing...

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2016 Women of the Channel: Carla Morss

CRN profiles Carla Morss, Director of Worldwide Channel & Partner Alliances at BitSight.

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Cyber insurance can be your worst nightmare, best friend

Prediction #1: Enterprise CISOs realize that strong cybersecurity extends beyond the corporate LAN and that cyber-attacks and data breaches could easily start with third parties with access to the...

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Navigating statistical data and common sense

Jay Jacobs, Senior Data Scientist at BitSight writes why an informed approach to consuming popular infosec research is needed.

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BitSight's Customer List Grows With High-Profile Vendor Cybersecurity Fails

What do Target, T-Mobile and Home Depot have in common? Besides the fact that they have all had data breaches within the last three years. It’s the source of those breaches: third-party vendors.

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Modeling firms take first look at cyber risks

Study claims economic globalisation brings on cyber-risk

Brazil a Major Cybersecurity Risk Ahead of Rio Olympics

Brazilian Companies Have The Worst Cyber Security On Earth

Brazil Tops Worst Cybersecurity List

U.S. companies are more secure than Chinese, Brazilian firms, but botnets remain a problem

Botnets Remain U.S. IT Achilles Heel

Report Ranks Riskiest Countries for Conducting Business

Cyber trouble in Brazil

Blame it on Rio

Brazil a major cyber security risk ahead of Olympics

UK companies have a high cyber-security rating

Brazilian companies have some bad cyber policies: Report

Brazilian Companies Rank Last Among Major Economies On Cyber Security

Brazilian Companies Rank Worst Among Major Economies On Cyber Security

Brazilian Companies Rank Worst Among Major Economies

Brazilian companies rank worst among major economies on cyber security: report

2016 Women of the Channel: Carla Morss

Cyber insurance can be your worst nightmare, best friend

Navigating statistical data and common sense

BitSight's Customer List Grows With High-Profile Vendor Cybersecurity Fails