In today’s interconnected business landscape, outsourcing to third-party vendors and service providers is an effective method for most organizations to improve operational efficiency and lower financial costs. However, as businesses form third-party partnerships, they inherit potential risks and increase the complexity of their third-party ecosystem, as any one vendor can become an attack vector that cybercriminals exploit to pursue a data breach.

Need help with a task while you’re out of the office? Sharing your login details with a colleague can seem harmless. However, this seemingly innocent act can lead to unintended consequences, especially if you’re using the same credentials across multiple platforms. Imagine the implications if those shared credentials grant access to your company's network. That's why it's crucial to prioritise security over convenience, and prevent password sharing.

The interconnected nature of our digital economy requires a shift in how companies think about their cyber risk. Companies need to consider the broader system and how to build mutual support with their entire cyber ecosystem– customers, partners, and vendors. Yet, today, most companies still rely on manual vendor onboarding, monitoring, and point-in-time external security reports to manage supply chain cyber risk – even top Fortune 500 companies.

Misconfigurations and container image vulnerabilities are major causes of Kubernetes threats and risks. According to Gartner, more than 90% of global organizations will be running containerized applications in production by 2027. This is a significant increase from fewer than 40% in 2021. As container adoption soars, Kubernetes remains the dominant container orchestration platform.

‍ ‍ ‍Private equity (PE) firms are becoming increasingly attractive targets for cybercriminals. Malicious actors are keen to capitalize on the ecosystem's access to an incredibly extensive and diverse array of sensitive data, particularly susceptible during and after M&As, as well as the notoriously low cybersecurity measures in place among the smaller businesses that some PE firms chose to hold.

The most effective Third-Party Cyber Risk Management programs prioritize risk remediation as highly as risk identification. While Security Ratings Service (SRS) have long focused on risk identification, the burden of curation and remediation has traditionally fallen on the customer. Let's look at how best-in-class security programs achieve measurable cyber risk reduction through effective guided remediation.

Nucleus Security co-founder and COO, Scott Kuffer, joined the Risky Biz News Podcast with host Catalin Cimpanu, for a discussion around trends Nucleus is observing when it comes to vulnerability management and how service level agreements (SLAs) have become a sign of an organization’s security health. In the podcast, Scott and Catalin discuss major trends of high performing vulnerability management programs for organizations using Nucleus’ platform, including.

The vendor risk management lifecycle (VRM lifecycle) is an end-to-end system that categorizes critical VRM or third-party risk management processes into three phases: vendor onboarding, ongoing risk management, and continuous monitoring.

Talking to fellow CISO’s around the globe - and in particular Europe - the topic of cybersecurity regulations and compliance has taken on a new life. Most recently, the Network and Information Security (NIS 2) Directive is the latest regulation shaking up the region. NIS2 is much more than an update though—it's transforming the cybersecurity landscape of the EU.

Onboarding is perhaps the most precarious phase of the Vendor Risk Management process. A single oversight could expose your organization to dangerous third-party security risks, increasing your chances of suffering a data breach. This post explains how to bolster the most vulnerable access points of the vendor onboarding process to help you securely scale your VRM program.