Cybersecurity methods are usually focused on protecting an organization from external risk factors, but insider attacks can be just as dangerous and costly as those that originate outside an organization. In fact, insider threats pose serious security risks because they typically involve individuals with authorized access to the organization’s systems, data, or networks.

Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of our integration with the ServiceNow Vendor Response Management (VRM) offering. Riscosity’s integration with ServiceNow empowers security teams with the insights and tools needed to achieve their security goals while still using their existing workflows in ServiceNow VRM.

ServiceNow and SecurityScorecard have been longtime strategic partners, helping mutual customers measure and manage cyber risk. Today we’re highlighting the next phase of our partnership and innovation to help customers tackle the complex challenges associated with managing cyber risk in the third party ecosystem. Organizations struggle with prioritization, resource constraints, and the need to act quickly when responding to threats.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), introduced by the European Union in 2018, has not only set a new benchmark for data privacy but has also significantly impacted global data protection frameworks. Its comprehensive and stringent requirements have prompted countries worldwide, such as India, to reevaluate and enhance their data protection laws. In recent years, India has been actively working on enhancing its data protection regulations, drawing considerable influence from the GDPR.

Organizations register domains for many reasons, the obvious one being to use as their primary online presence. In many cases organizations also register domains that they might not use but want to prevent others from using.

Organizations face a myriad of cybersecurity threats that can compromise sensitive data and disrupt operations. A cornerstone of defending against these threats is an effective vulnerability management program. This program’s first, and arguably most critical, step is strong asset and inventory management. A thorough and accurate asset inventory is essential for identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities.

The months leading up to audits can be some of the most stressful for security and privacy teams. Some audits can take up to 9 months to prepare for and another 3 months to complete, with security and privacy teams spearheading the evidence collection. Collecting evidence used to be a walk in the park, but that was before multi-cloud environments, new standards, and emerging regional privacy requirements.

The 2024 CrowdStrike Incident blue-screened Microsoft computers worldwide, causing significant disruptions to high-profile industries such as transportation, healthcare, and financial services. Now that the world has largely recovered, the most forward-minded chief information security officers (CISOs) are focusing on using the incident as an opportunity for continuous improvement. How can they prevent similar incidents from having such a disastrous impact on their organization in the future?

The 2024 CrowdStrike incident caused blue screens of death (BSOD) on Microsoft Windows devices worldwide, severely disrupting operations across essential industry sectors.