Continuous security monitoring (CSM) is a threat intelligence approach that automates the monitoring of information security controls, vulnerabilities, and other cyber threats to support organizational risk management decisions. Organizations need real-time visibility of indicators of compromise, security misconfiguration, and vulnerabilities in their infrastructure and networks.
The attack surface of your organization is the total number of attack vectors that could be used as an entry point to launch a cyberattack or gain unauthorized access to sensitive data. This could include vulnerabilities in your people, physical, network, or software environments. In simple terms, your attack surface is all the gaps in your security controls that could be exploited or avoided by an attacker.
Assessing the cybersecurity risk posed by third-party vendors and service providers is time-consuming, operationally complex, and often riddled with errors. You need to keep track of requests you send out, chase up vendors who haven't answered, and ensure that when they do they answer in a timely and accurate manner.
DNS spoofing, or DNS cache poisoning, is a cyber attack where false Domain Name System (DNS) information is introduced into a DNS resolver's cache. This causes DNS queries to return an incorrect response, which commonly redirects users from a legitimate website to a malicious website designed to steal sensitive information or install malware.
Attack surface management (ASM) is the continuous discovery, inventory, classification, prioritization, and security monitoring of external digital assets that contain, transmit, or process sensitive data. In short, it is everything outside of the firewall that attackers can and will discover as they research the threat landscape for vulnerable organizations.
Every week the news is full of new exposures of protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII). These security incidents are not only more common but also more costly. The average cost of a data breach is now nearly $4 million globally and third-party vendors, cyber attacks, and misconfiguration are three of the main culprits.
Every week the news is full of new exposures of protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII). These security incidents are not only more common but also more costly. The average cost of a data breach is now nearly $4 million globally and third-party vendors, cyber attacks, and misconfiguration are three of the main culprits.
Cyber attacks, misconfiguration, data leaks, and data breaches are increasingly common. Each week the news is full of new exposures of protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII). These security incidents are not only more common but also more costly. The average cost of a data breach is now nearly $4 million globally. For breaches involving third-parties, the cost increases to $4.29 million according to a recent report by IBM and the Ponemon Institute.
Cyber attacks, misconfiguration, and data leaks are more common than ever before, as are cybercriminals. Our news cycle is full of first and third-party data breaches that expose the protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII) of thousands or even hundreds of millions of people. Not only are data breaches more common, but they're also more costly. The average cost of a data breach is now nearly $4 million globally.
The average cost of a data breach is now nearly $4 million, and the unfortunate truth is third-parties are a significant source of cyber risk. These increasing costs are why cybersecurity vendor risk management (VRM) is a top priority for CISOs, Vice Presidents of Security, and other members of senior management, even at the Board level. In addition to financial costs, regulatory and reputational costs are increasing.
