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Why is the Exposure Management Market So Confusing? Wading Through the Acronyms

Mar 20, 2024 By Ericka Chickowski In BitSight
If there's one certainty in life for CISOs it is that when it is time to buy into a new or consolidating security technology niche, they're going to have to eat their fair share of alphabet soup. Tech analysts and marketers do love their acronyms after all. We've got our SIEMs, our SOCS, and our MFAs and MDRs to prove that one out.
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Enhancing Vendor Relations: Strategies for Direct Communication

Mar 20, 2024 By RiskOptics In RiskOptics
Most businesses depend on their supply chains for success — but as the Covid-19 pandemic painfully demonstrated, few companies have a full grasp of their supply chain risk and know how to manage that risk well. One crucial issue is how you communicate with your vendors; vendor communication is a vital part of the procurement process. In this article we’ll explore several strategies for efficient and effective communication and how you can implement them.
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Securing Your Systems: A Deep Dive into SOC 2 Systems Security

Mar 20, 2024 By RiskOptics In RiskOptics
Organizations are responsible for safeguarding sensitive data in their possession (including customer data) and maintaining a strong cybersecurity posture. One way to do this is by implementing the SOC 2 standard, developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) as a comprehensive framework to evaluate your internal controls for data security and privacy.
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Strategies for Living with Undetectable AI Content Proliferation

Mar 19, 2024 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
The relentless march of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought us to the precipice of a new era in content creation. AI-powered language models are now capable of generating human-quality text, blurring the lines between machine and human-made content. This proliferation of undetectable AI content presents a unique challenge - how do we navigate a world where information authenticity is increasingly difficult to discern? While some may view undetectable AI content with apprehension, it has the potential to revolutionize various fields.
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Critical insights into Australia's supply chain risk landscape

Mar 19, 2024 By Anirudh Chand In Tripwire
Australian organizations find themselves navigating a minefield of supply chain risks, with a surge in incidents stemming from multi-party breaches. These breaches are often caused by vulnerabilities in cloud or software providers and are emerging as a challenge that demands attention and proactive strategies. From July to December 2023, 483 data breaches were reported to the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), up 19% from 407 between January and June of the same year.
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Expanding Cyber Risk Management Accountability in the EU With NIS 2

Mar 19, 2024 By Kovrr In Kovrr
‍ ‍No organization, no matter the industry, is exempt from suffering from a cyber attack. The European Union formally recognized this modern-day reality in late 2022 when it published Directive (EU) 2016/1148, more commonly known as the NIS 2 Directive. As an updated version of the original directive enacted in 2016, this newer, sweeping cybersecurity regulation expanded its original scope to encompass even more business sectors.
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Why PCI 4.0 Matters: A Deep Dive into Its Importance

Mar 19, 2024 By RiskOptics In RiskOptics
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a crucial security standard for protecting personal data during credit card transactions — and managing PCI compliance is essential for businesses that handle such data. The latest PCI DSS standard, Version 4.0, goes into effect March 2024. Organizations will need to adapt to new requirements and maintain compliance to safeguard sensitive information.
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Cross-Mapping and GRC Compliance

Mar 19, 2024 By RiskOptics In RiskOptics
As businesses grow, they encounter more regulatory requirements — and soon enough, those requirements can feel like a straitjacket of overlapping obligations. The way to wriggle free from that straitjacket is to develop strong governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) capabilities. One important GRC capability is control mapping: mapping various regulatory requirements to specific controls your business does (or does not yet) have, so that you can see where you need to introduce new controls.
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Celebrating Cybersecurity Excellence: Forbes Most Cybersecure Banks, 2024

Mar 19, 2024 By SecurityScorecard In SecurityScorecard
To recognize best-in-class consumer financial institutions and their Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs), Forbes just released its 2024 list of the top 50 consumer banks with the most robust cybersecurity. Together with Forbes, we are proud to recognize top CISOs and their dedication to safeguarding customer data.
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Mastering User Entity Controls: A Guide to Complementary Strategies

Mar 18, 2024 By RiskOptics In RiskOptics
Complementary user entity controls (CUECs) are essential to any SOC 2 compliance project report. These controls help to confirm the service provider’s system is secure by outlining responsibilities that the client (that is, the user) must undertake as well. Developing strategies to identify, map, and monitor CUECs is crucial for organizations that rely on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers as part of their vendor management process. You won’t be able to manage privacy risks without them.
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