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A vendor risk report provides stakeholders with a snapshot of your Vendor Risk Management (VRM) performance. With concerns over the threat of supply chain attacks growing, cybersecurity reporting is evolving towards an increased focus on Vendor Risk Management program performance. Board members and senior management want to know how effectively your VRM initiatives are identifying and addressing vendor-related security risks.

A cybersecurity report shouldn’t be feared. Instead, it should be regarded as an opportunity to demonstrate the effectiveness of your cybersecurity program, and while management is brimming with delight over your efforts, maybe also a chance to sneak in a request for that cyber budget increase.

Organizations utilize hundreds, sometimes thousands, of vendors to handle their day-to-day production, workflow, and business processes. With this many vendors, it’s easy for details to fall through the cracks and miscommunication to occur. Organizations often turn to vendor management systems to help manage multiple vendor relationships throughout a vendor lifecycle.

Your board of directors expects to be regularly updated about your data breach prevention efforts, but board members often lack the necessary technical insight to understand the cyber risk mitigation processes making up your cybersecurity posture. CISOs are tasked with bridging the gap between awareness of your organization’s security efforts and stakeholder KPIs with the support of an invaluable tool - a cybersecurity board report.

In today's digital age, protecting sensitive information is crucial, and the need for robust Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) has become urgent due to the prevalence of data breaches and cyber threats. ISO 27001 is a leading international standard that regulates data security and privacy through a code of security practices for information security management.

When ChatGPT, a generative AI chatbot developed by OpenAI, was introduced in November 2022, the digital world changed forever. Endless questions and even more speculation surrounded the release, and most industries, including cybersecurity, were divided on the tool’s value. The advocates quickly prophesized how artificial intelligence would improve their daily decision-making and elevate their understanding of complex concepts.

WebP is an open-source image format developed by Google. WebP enables higher quality images in smaller file sizes. The package, released by Google, encodes and decodes images in WebP format and is used widely across the internet for lossless image compression.

A Remote Access Trojan (RAT) is a type of malware that enables an attacker to gain remote access over an infected system. Once a machine is compromised by a Remote Access Trojan, your system is at high risk of covert surveillance, data exfiltration, and other methods of malicious remote compromise. This article defines what a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) is and how you can take action to protect your system with UpGuard BreachSight.

Over the past five years, digital supply chains have evolved significantly, spurred by post-pandemic corrections, technological advancements, and globalization. This evolution has made the average organization more efficient and better suited to handle the demands of their unique operation. However, these same supply chain advancements have also introduced a host of new cybersecurity concerns and dramatically expanded the attack surface of most organizations.

FIPS 140-2 is a federal information processing standard that manages security requirements for cryptographic modules. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published the security standard in November 2001 to develop coordinated requirements for hardware computer components. NIST replaced FIPS 140-2 with FIPS 140-3 in March 2019. This iteration introduced new critical security parameters for software and firmware and updated the four critical security levels that FIPS 140-2 introduced.