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Risk Management

Should You Worry About Ransomware Attacks?

Over $800,000 - that’s the cost of the average ransomware payout last year. 66% of mid-sized organizations and about 37% of global organizations got hit. (Sources cited below) Attackers have developed new techniques that a lot of companies aren’t aware of or prepared for. For example, the demand for ransomware as a service has hugely increased, resulting in many more organizations being hacked every day.

UpGuard Vendor Risk Matrix Demo // Annie Luu, Product Marketing Manager

Hear from UpGuard's Product Marketing Manager, Annie Luu, as she introduces you to UpGuard's new Vendor Risk Matrix. The new vendor risk matrix, that measures vendor security ratings by business impact, has been added to the Vendor Risk Executive Summary. This feature will help drive action where it matters most, highlighting your vendors of most concern in the top right of the matrix.It’s now easier to quickly focus on the most impactful areas of your third party risk management program, by visualizing your vendor portfolio risk by Security Rating and Tier.

Why Vendor Risk Management is Critical for Indian Businesses

Few Indian businesses are included in the ever-increasing list of major data breaches. But data suggests that this streak of luck could soon be reaching its end. Increasing third-party security risks and a deficiency of security controls addressing them create the perfect conditions for a large-scale global supply chain attack facilitated by breached Indian business.

UpGuard Reporting Improvements Demo // Chris Schubert, Senior Product Manager

Hear from UpGuard's Senior Product Manager, Chris Schubert, as he introduces you to UpGuard's new Reporting Improvements Our new reports library which centralizes a variety of frequently used reports for you to explore and generate. Some updates we’ve made to both BreachSight and Vendor Risk reports; making it easier for you to generate either executive level summary reports or detailed reporting.

How to Implement an Enterprise Risk Management Framework

Managing individual business risks is difficult when silos exist. An enterprise risk management (ERM) framework consolidates risk management strategy across an entire organization, enabling better visibility, measurement, and management of business objectives. With a unified focus on addressing risk, compliance teams can universally improve regulatory compliance, governance, and risk management processes.

Automation of Risk and Security Compliance Is No Longer a Choice

Risk, security and compliance executives have many choices and decisions on their respective plates, and whether or not to automate is not among them. I’ve been seeing a trend in the marketplace: more and more organizations are investing in risk management and compliance technology tools1. But why? The answer may be as simple as supply and demand dynamics.

6 Ways to Manage Regulatory Risk in Cybersecurity

Keeping up with ever-changing regulatory requirements for cybersecurity can prove difficult for many organizations, which may unknowingly become non-compliant if they fail to adapt to new laws and regulations. Healthcare organizations and financial services must be even more vigilant with compliance. Both sectors are subject to even stricter requirements due to the large quantities of personally identifiable information (PII) they manage.