This week, the SEC issued a statement addressing some of the rampant confusion and inconsistencies observed under the agency’s new cyber breach disclosure rule. The statement itself addresses a technical securities law requirement, that public companies should only use Item 1.05 of Form 8-K to disclose “material” cyber breach information (instead of making voluntary or immaterial disclosures).

This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warned that cyberattacks against water utilities across the country are becoming more frequent and more severe. The agency urged water systems to take immediate actions to protect the nation’s drinking water. According to the EPA, there are more than 150,000 public water systems across the U.S. serving over 300 million people—virtually all of which are administered and secured at local levels of government.

Today, we’re proud to announce that Forrester has named SecurityScorecard a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Cybersecurity Risk Ratings Platforms, Q2 2024. Forrester identified the 10 most significant vendors in cybersecurity risk ratings and scored them based on the strengths of their current offering, strategy, and market presence.

The cybersecurity world is no doubt aware that the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) has been experiencing issues over the last three months.

As regulatory mandates and frameworks continue to emerge, cybersecurity leaders must continue to adapt to more than just the latest threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures. As part of our ongoing webinar series centered on compliance, SecurityScorecard’s Senior Product Marketing Manager, Devaney Devoe, moderated a discussion with Adam Bixler (Principal, Squadra Ventures), Christopher Strand (SecurityScorecard’s Global Risk Officer), and Steve Cobb (CISO, SecurityScorecard).

SecurityScorecard recently hosted a webinar with our Co-founder and CEO, Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy, and Sue Gordon, the former Deputy Director of National Intelligence and SecurityScorecard board member. Gordon drew on her experience as a key advisor to the President and National Security Council to discuss the shared responsibility between public and private organizations in combating cyber threats, the concentration of cyber risk, and the value of easy-to-understand cybersecurity metrics.

Threat actors have responded to better protections in the operating system and improved endpoint detection and response (EDR) capabilities by moving down the stack to find entry points with full visibility and privileges into the stack above.

“The best part of RSA is all the amazing people in the community trying to make the world a safer place. It’s also very exciting to see all the innovation to make adversaries’ lives harder – competition and collaboration make us better.” – CEO & Co-Founder Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy The SecurityScorecard team has just returned from an incredible week in San Francisco at RSA Conference 2024!

Critical infrastructure services in North America face accelerating threats from both nation-states and other sophisticated threat actors. Governments globally are grappling with how to best balance incentives, support, and direct oversight. Meanwhile, critical infrastructure owners and operators face significant challenges with technology, staff resources, and expertise to better manage cyber resilience.

Company mergers, the consolidation of cloud technologies, and the interconnected nature of digital business have all led to a more efficient, fast-paced digital economy. But these advantages have also ushered in a higher degree of cyber risk concentration that stands to threaten national security and global economies.

In the vast and interconnected world of information technology, the security of network services and protocols is paramount for organizations of all sizes. Among these, Samba—a free software re-implementation of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol—plays a crucial role in facilitating file and print services across various operating systems, including Unix, Linux, IBM System 390, and Windows.

As the world becomes more and more digitally intertwined, the significance of data security cannot be overstated. Data theft, a critical threat to organizations worldwide, poses severe challenges, jeopardizing both reputational integrity and financial health. This blog post aims to dissect the concept of data theft, understand its impacts on organizations, and outline proactive measures to safeguard against such threats.