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NEW TECH: CyberGRX seeks to streamline morass of third-party cyber risk assessments

The Last Watchdog

So they began inundating their third-party suppliers with “bespoke assessments” – customized cyber risk audits that were time consuming and redundant. Kneip also painted the wider context about why effective third-party cyber risk management is an essential ingredient to baking-in security at a foundational level.

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Ostrich Cyber-Risk Announces Partnership with C-Risk to Strengthen Cybersecurity Resilience and Innovation

Security Boulevard

SALT LAKE CITY, — Ostrich Cyber-Risk (Ostrich) , a pioneer and prestigious provider of cyber-risk management solutions, is excited to announce a partnership with C-Risk , a leading service provider of cyber risk management in Europe.

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GUEST ESSAY: Ponemon study warns: AI-enhanced deepfake attacks taking aim at senior execs

The Last Watchdog

As AI technology advances, attackers are shifting their focus from technical exploits to human emotions using deeply personal and well-orchestrated social engineering tactics. Monitor their personal devices and home networks: Proactively identify and mitigate potential cyber risks.

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NEW TECH: This free tool can help gauge, manage third-party cyber risk; it’s called ‘VRMMM’

The Last Watchdog

Third-party cyber risks are likely to persist at the current scale for a while longer. According to a recent Ponemon Institute study , some 59% of companies experienced a third-party data breach in 2018, yet only 16% believe they are effectively mitigating third-party risk. Uphill battle.

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RSAC insights: How ‘TPRM’ can help shrink security skills gap — while protecting supply chains

The Last Watchdog

CyberGRX launched in 2016 precisely because bespoke assessments had become untenable. Cyber risks profiling. CyberGRX’s global cyber risk Exchange caught on quickly. The exchange has proven to be a perfect mechanism for fleshing out much richer cyber risk profiles of third-party vendors.

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This Simple Hack Could Tank Your Business

Adam Levin

A similar campaign in 2016 was used to spread malware to anyone who had the bad luck of typing Netflix.om As in virtually every cyber risk, one path to risk mitigation here is education and training. and Citibank.om (.om om is the domain suffix for Oman). Typosquatting relies on an attention deficit.

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Fitch Ratings: Cyberattacks could pose a material risk to water and sewer utilities

Security Affairs

” Credit rating agencies assess the capacity for utilities to repay their debt and cyber attacks could impact it. Technology investment, including solutions to defend utilities from cyber attacks, would expect to play a crucial role within the capital improvement plan of critical infrastructure. Pierluigi Paganini.

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