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Bitsight Technologies, the standard in Security Ratings, today released a new Bitsight Insights report titled, “Peer to Peer Peril: How BitTorrent File Sharing Impacts Vendor Risk and Security Benchmarking,” which examined BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing activity of over 30,700 companies that Bitsight rated for security performance. Bitsight also announced a new file sharing analysis module for the Bitsight Security Ratings Platform that assesses the risk posed by BitTorrent and other file sharing usage among vendors in a supply chain.
Bitsight’s analysis looked at the percentage of P2P downloads containing malware, the top torrented applications an
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Bitsight Technologies, the standard in Security Ratings, today announced it has been included in Gartner’s list of “Cool Vendors” in Vendor Management for 2015. The report identifies technology vendors that have a strong market vision and offer unique and innovative products and services that have a real market impact. 
“With increased regulatory scrutiny on vendor risk management, heavily publicized outages and instances of data loss and data breach, vendor risk and performance management activities have heightened in impor
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Trust, but Verify: The Evolution of Vendor Risk Management in Financial Institutions      
This presentation will explore the evolving regulatory landscape regarding Vendor Risk Management (VRM), and the practices organizations are adopting to meet more stringent demands. Attendees will learn why continuous monitoring of vendor security performance is both critical and achievable, through the use of data-driven, evidence-based security ratings and how this approach has leveled the playing field in vendor management. This session will also incl
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Date: March 3, 2015
Bitsight Technologies, the standard in Security Ratings, today announced results from a commissioned study, conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Bitsight, that reveals third-party security as a top business concern for enterprises. The findings suggest a significant appetite for monitoring third-party security but a steep disconnect in resources available to adequa
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Date: March 3, 2015
Bitsight Technologies, the standard in Security Ratings, today announced significant enhancements to its innovative Security Ratings product line. The update expands the breadth of data available, enhances integrations with existing tools and processes, and positions Bitsight as the most comprehensive Security Ratings platform on the market. 
“The Bitsight Platform provides independent and objectiv
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Date: August 21, 2014Bitsight Technologies, the standard in Security Ratings, today released a new Bitsight Insights report titled, “Powerhouses and Benchwarmers: Assessing Cyber Security Performance of Collegiate Athletic Conferences,” which uncovers quantifiable differences in security performance across collegiate athletic conferences from July 2013 through July 2014. The report reveals that as a sector, the nation’s top schools are at even greater risk for security breaches than retail and healthcare. 



“From social security and credit card numbers to health records and intellectual property produced by research departments, colleges and universities house a vast amount of sensitive data. While not surprising given the uniq
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Bitsight Technologies, the standard in Security Ratings, today released new research measuring the security performance of 300 major U.S. retailers from Nov. 1, 2013 to Nov. 1, 2014. The report reveals that retail is still under attack and consequently the security effectiveness of retail organizations as a whole has continued to decline over the past year. However, almost 75 percent of retailers that experienced a data breach in the last year have improved their security effectiveness since the point of their breach, while a third of the breached retailers link back to compromises via third-party vendors.
“While it’s encouraging that a majority of the breached retailers have improved their security effectiveness, there is more work to be done, especially in the area of vendor risk management,” said Stephen Boyer, co-founder and CTO of Bitsight. “This trend in retail highlights the importance of proactive measures such as industry and peer benchmarking, as well as continuous monitoring of one’s supp
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