Here's what you need to know in markets on Friday, December 30th, including BitSight's role in enhancing the Bank of England's cybersecurity programs.
The Bank of England is not normally regarded as a font of innovation, but earlier this year it took steps to change that by starting its own fintech startup accelerator. The BoE has chosen seven...
According to a recent BitSight report, educational institutions are doing the least to guard themselves from the threat of ransomware. While financial and retail businesses, in particular, are...
BitSight Technologies is one of three Massachusetts technology companies founded by South Asians that are among the top IPO candidates to watch in 2017.
Jacob Olcott, vice president of business development at BitSight, shares his predictions for the cyber insurance space in 2017.
The latest BitSight report observes that law firms are actually near the top end in cybersecurity preparedness, among the six industries reviewed. Only the financial industry received higher...
Yahoo's recent breach could absolutely derail the Verizon acquisition, said BitSight's Jacob Olcott. “Now Verizon will be trying to figure out what the customer loss will be, based on this...
The founders of BitSight Technologies, Stephen Boyer and Nagarjuna Venna, believed they had a hot idea for a startup: a business that could assess and rate the cybersecurity of other businesses....
BitSight Vice President, Jake Olcott, eSecurity Planet that manufacturers hold some very sensitive trade secrets, both for themselves and for their customers. "As is becoming the case more and...
BitSight analyzed the Security Ratings of more than 20,000 organizations in six industries – Finance, Legal, Healthcare, Retail, Government and Energy. The objective was to highlight quantifiable...
On Dec. 8, 2016, security rating firm BitSight released this report exploring cybersecurity in the legal sector.
The fourth annual BitSight Insights Industry Benchmark report predicts that in 2017, there will be more attacks on legal service providers, fueled by the desire to acquire sensitive data and to...
The Mirai botnet gets all the attention with some of its recent splashy attacks, but a new report from BitSight points out that it’s not the biggest botnet out there.
In this Q&A, BitSight's VP of Business Development, Jake Olcott, discusses the business value in cybersecurity.
