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Best Practices for Managing Third-party Risk in the Energy Sector

Back in May this year, President Trump issued an executive order banning US energy sector entities from acquiring electric equipment from foreign adversaries, citing potential cybersecurity threats.

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Take Your Threat Intelligence Insights to the Next Level

As your attack surface grows and the threat environment becomes increasingly complex, it’s more important than ever to take a risk-based approach to cybersecurity. By doing so, you can focus your limited resources on the areas that have...

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How Security Performance Management Fits Into Your Tech Stack

In our ever-evolving, dynamic cybersecurity landscape, new vulnerabilities are being exploited daily and potential threats can escalate very quickly. Expectations and standards of care are constantly in flux — and what constituted...

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More Security Tools Hinder Response Efforts: Better Planning Pays Off

The global cybersecurity market is currently worth $173 billion and expected to grow to $270 billion by 2026. Yet as organizations invest more in security technology, a new global survey by IBM Security and the Ponemon Institute suggests...

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How to Make Your Third-Party Risk Management Program More Efficient

With as much as 75% of the workforce shifting to remote work in some industries, organizations around the world are seeking to rapidly acquire new software and technology to properly enable the business, facilitate the new needs of...

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Coronavirus Pandemic Leads to New and Evolving Cyber Threats

Over recent weeks, the ongoing spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus has had a major impact on the global economy and how businesses operate as a whole. More and more organizations are moving to a mandated work from home (WFH) model to help...

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Why Third-Party Risk Management Has Never Been More Important

Over recent weeks, the ongoing spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus has forced companies around the country to make difficult decisions about how they can do their part to protect their employees — as well as their communities as a whole.

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ElevenPaths CyberSecurity Report Outlines Cyber Risk Ratings by Sector

ElevenPaths, Telefonica’s Cybersecurity Unit, recently released a new report that summarizes the latest cybersecurity insights from the second half of 2019 — covering everything from relevant incidents and vulnerabilities to cyber risk...

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