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Regulators Put More Emphasis on Third-Party Risk Management

With so much of today's business processes dependent on a complicated network of suppliers, contractors, and service providers, the problem of determining liability for data privacy and protection is quickly coming to a head. When...

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Cyber security, risk and privacy hot topics at 2014 World Economic Forum

Once a year, political leaders and business executives gather in Davos, Switzerland to discuss political and economic issues of global importance at the World Economic Forum (WEF). This meeting occurred last week, and I was pleased to see...

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The Impact of Target’s Data Breach Throughout the Partner Ecosystem

Many of the facts surrounding the Target breach still remain unclear, even as details continue to emerge publicly. We still don’t know what the final tally of breached organizations will be, but the list keeps growing. In addition to who...

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Security Ratings Uncover Decline in Security Posture of US Retailers

In light of the recent news of retailers being attacked late last year, we at BitSight looked into our security ratings (an external measure of a company’s security posture) to gain some insight into these attacks. 

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Venky Ganesan on BitSight and the Target Breach

On December 20, 2013, soon after news of Target’s data breach broke, Venky Ganesan (Managing Director at Menlo Ventures and BitSight Board Member) talked about BitSight on CNBC. When asked about cutting edge technology in the cyber risk...

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How is Partner Security Risk Being Managed Today?

Partner security risk is an important topic in the minds of risk officers today. With the number of companies being breached via third parties on the rise (New York Times, Bank of America, Twitter), this is clearly a big area of concern....

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