Category Archives: Third-Party Vendors

Third-party access: The overlooked risk to your data protection plan

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A recent IBM Cost of a Data Breach report reveals a startling statistic: Only 42% of companies discover breaches through their own security teams. This highlights a significant blind spot, especially when it comes to external partners and vendors. The financial stakes are steep. On average, a data breach affecting multiple environments costs a whopping […]

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Third-party breaches hit 90% of top global energy companies

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A new report from SecurityScorecard reveals a startling trend among the world’s top energy companies, with 90% suffering from data breaches through third parties over the last year. This statistic is particularly concerning given the crucial function these companies serve in everyday life. Their increased dependence on digital systems facilitates the increase in attacks on […]

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Increasingly Sophisticated Cyberattacks Target Healthcare

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It’s rare to see 100% agreement on a survey. But Porter Research found consensus from business leaders across the provider, payer and pharmaceutical/life sciences industries. Every single person agreed that “growing hacker sophistication” is the primary driver behind the increase in ransomware attacks. In response to the findings, the American Hospital Association told Porter Research, […]

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What Comes After the Digital Transformation?

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When Covid hit, companies had to accelerate their digital transformation process out of necessity. But now, almost three years after the initial shutdown, most organizations have embraced digital to the point where they are now maintaining new technologies rather than implementing more.  Cybersecurity is a crucial component of a company’s digital transformation. But have organizations […]

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Securing Your Supply Chain Through Cyber Risk Management

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Supply chain risk is now recognized as a top challenge, with more than half of security breaches attributed to supply chain and third-party suppliers. This can be a costly vulnerability. The global average data breach cost was $4.35 million last year, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach 2022 report. These risks stem from […]

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Will spyware maker NSO Group’s struggles reduce use of its eavesdropping tech? Critics doubt it.

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The company announced layoffs and a reorganization on Sunday, but spyware researchers doubt that will reduce the use of its technology.

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“Trusted Partner” in Cybersecurity: Cliché or Necessity?

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I dislike cliches. I suspect I’m not alone in that, but the truth is I’m guilty of using them on occasion — and I’m probably not alone in that, either. I was reading a tongue-in-cheek article the other day about the worst clichés in the business world. As you might imagine, some of the usual […]

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5 Global Supply Chain Security Threats (and How to Handle Them)

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In December 2020, a nation-state attack on the SolarWinds network management system compromised the supply chains of over 18,000 organizations, including the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security. With costs likely to run into the billions, this breach was one of the biggest incidents in recent years — but it won’t be the last. […]

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Adopting Microsegmentation Into Your Zero Trust Model, Part 2

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This is the second part in a series on zero trust and microsegmentation. Be sure to check out Part 1 here. Organizations are increasingly using a zero trust approach combined with microsegmentation to carefully balance the needs of security and access. Companies work with most vendors on a purely transactional basis — those vendors simply […]

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Wake Me Up Before You Know Know … About the Latest Third-Party Data Breach

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“It has gotten to the point, unfortunately, where they are so frequent and common these days, that it’s like, here we go again,” Christopher Sitter says when I asked him about the prospect of a third-party data breach. Sitter is the senior director of information security at Juniper Networks. He manages all things incident response-related — […]

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