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In its 2025 State of the Underground report, Bitsight TRACE identified the manufacturing sector as the most targeted industry for the third consecutive year, accounting for 22% of the 4,853 cyberattacks where sector attribution was possible. Manufacturing is the backbone of global supply chains, and when a cyberattack halts operations, even just briefly, the ripple effects can be enormous. Production delays, missed shipments, and service disruptions quickly cascade across industries.

While financial institutions enjoy many benefits from cooperating with third-party service providers, this cooperation also raises significant concerns regarding the security of the data and resources these vendors have access to. In this article, we discuss why financial institutions hire independent contractors and what cybersecurity risks this cooperation entails. We also explore how building a third-party vendor risk management program can help you mitigate these risks.

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America is a large financial and retirement solutions provider. It specializes in investment items, annuities, and life insurance. Operating as a subsidiary of Allianz SE, a German multinational finance conglomerate, the company serves over 1.4 million people. Established in 1896, the firm was initially known as North American Casualty. It went through different acquisitions before being acquired by Allianz SE in 1979.

Sean Cook created the tea app in November 2022. As a former product manager at Salesforce and Shutterfly, Sean self-funded the project, inspired by his mother’s negative experiences in the dating pool. The Tea app was designed to be a women-only platform vetting potential dates and providing AI-engineered gender verification. It has gained significant traction following viral popularity on TikTok and Reddit, amassing over 6 million users.

DaVita is a healthcare provider based in Denver, Colorado, specializing in kidney dialysis. Founded in 2000, the company’s name is based on an Italian phrase that translates to ‘Giving Life’. Its core values are service excellence, integrity, teamwork, continuous improvement, fulfilment, and accountability. It currently serves 13 countries outside the United States, and its patient base exceeds 200,000. The organization also operates 2,664 outpatient dialysis facilities in America.

As IT environments become more complex and the number of privileged accounts increases, organizations face many challenges when managing privileged access, including a larger risk of security breaches. Privileged Access Management (PAM) helps large organizations prepare for growth and security risks by reducing insider threats, enforcing least privilege across all systems and providing centralized control and visibility over privileged accounts.

As cyber threats grow more sophisticated, government agencies are struggling to maintain adequate budgets and resources to defend themselves. According to Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report, approximately 88% of data breaches involve the use of stolen credentials, making Identity and Access Management (IAM) essential in protecting sensitive information. The U.S.

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a standardized framework that enables large language models (LLMs) to interact with external tools, APIs, and data sources. While MCP offers powerful integration capabilities across software development, data analysis, automation, and security operations, it also introduces serious security risks. This post provides a technical overview of how MCP works, its architecture, and real-world use cases.

Your API rollout is on track. Code’s tested, endpoints documented. John from security asks for the third revision of your vulnerability assessment, and your release date slips another two weeks. Sounds familiar? You are not alone. According to a recent report by Salt Security, 99% companies reported at least one API security incident in 2024-25. And here’s the kicker: 95% API attacks come from authenticated sessions, proving that tokens alone don’t cut it anymore.

Egnyte AI agents are smart, task-specific AI assistants built to automate repetitive, time-consuming work, so that your team can stay focused on high-impact and strategic tasks. From reviewing documents to researching topics or translating content, these agents act like always-on digital coworkers who execute task-specific instructions while securely leveraging information contained in your private documents and on the web.