BITSIGHT SECURITY RATINGS BLOG

In today’s landscape, managing your internal security processes as well as creating a third-party vendor risk management program should be top of mind, but prioritizing a solid understanding of the metrics surrounding your cybersecurity...

There are many third-party risk concepts, some of which we addressed in the first blog post of this series. While third-party risk management (TPRM) programs are becoming increasingly common for businesses, there are still some...

It’s no secret that while it is critical for an organization to have a strong cybersecurity posture, it’s just as important for their third parties to have a strong security posture as well. While this fact is becoming increasingly more...

Over the last several months, members of our product team have been working to aggregate all of BitSight’s security ratings data and highlight important insights about patterns in data breaches. In fact, BitSight boasts one of the largest...

Early last month, it was disclosed that Ticketmaster suffered a data breach through a third party service provider as part of a payment card hacking campaign; Ticketmaster was just one of hundreds of victims. The threat actor, Magecart,...

[updated January 10, 2021]

The financial services industry is built on trust. In the past, this trust was physically embodied by heavy bank vaults made from multiple layers of steel. Today, however, attackers and thieves don’t need lock...

On July 12th, eighteen BitSight employees participated in the Boston Children’s Hospital Corporate Cup. This is an annual event where local Boston companies from across all sectors compete against each other for a good cause: raising one...

Over the last several years, cybersecurity regulations (like NYDFS and GDPR) have placed pressure on the financial services industry to build and enforce some of the strongest risk management programs across any industry. These programs...

Within the BitSight Security Ratings platform, we prioritize features that help organizations both identify and manage risks across their own networks and the networks of their third parties. BitSight now enables users to identify...