Recent BitSight research found that the average security performance rating across all federal agencies was at least 15 points higher than the mean security performance rating of any contractor...
Government contractors are typically less digitally secure than the federal agencies they’re contracting with, according to a study from the cybersecurity ratings firm BitSight.
Out of six industries, finance is most prepared to fend off cyberthreats, but the federal government isn't far behind, according to Cambridge, Massachusetts-based security assessment firm BitSight...
Months -- and even years before the breach -- organizations deeply embedded in OPM’s cyber ecosystem were vulnerable and experienced significant data breaches that should have sounded alarms.
When measured in aggregate, network controls at breached J.P. Morgan Chase and Home Depot, combined with the rest of the retail and financial sectors, rated higher than the top companies supporting...
