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When I bring up the topic of security ratings to my CISO colleagues, I typically get one of two reactions. The first half complains about misattribution of issues along with reporting fix times (although accuracy has improved). But the other half understand how to leverage this technology to their benefit to make their jobs easier and their organizations safer. Read below to get under the hood of how to leverage the evolving application of this technology to secure your supply chain.

Business Email Compromise (BEC) is one of the fastest-growing and financially-damaging cybercrimes. It has consistently led the way in cybercrime losses in recent years. According to the 2022 FBI Internet Crime Report, the FBI received 21,832 Business Email Compromise (BEC) complaints, with estimated losses totalling more than $2.7B. Data shows a 38% increase in cybercrime as a service targeting business email between 2019 and 2022.

Forward Networks was recently honored as the Top InfoSec Innovator by Cyber Defense Magazine. Commenting on the win, Yan Ross, editor of Cyber Defense Magazine said, “We scoured the globe looking for cybersecurity innovators that could make a huge difference and potentially help turn the tide against the exponential growth in cyber-crime. Forward Networks is worthy of being named a winner in these coveted awards and consideration for deployment in your environment.”

An application risk assessment is the process of evaluating and understanding the security risks associated with an application. This information is used to help organizations make better decisions about how to protect their applications from potential attacks. By examining factors such as the number of vulnerabilities and the time needed to patch them, they are able to estimate the possibility of an attack on their application.

Major incidents like cyber attacks, terrorism, and pandemics are likely in the making right now but it doesn’t mean they’re inevitable. Learning from past incidents, asking the hard ‘what ifs’, and helping businesses build organizational resilience is always top of mind for security leader Sarah Armstrong-Smith.

Quantum computing might sound alien and strange - but it’s a revolutionary new technology. It’s a novel way to calculate using the principles of fundamental physics and to find solutions to very complicated problems very quickly. We have come a long way since the abacus; now, almost all of our complex calculations are done with digital computers. Looking to the future, quantum computers are ready to take us to another dimension of computing.

As Cybersecurity Awareness Month winds down and you prepare for Halloween festivities like trick-or-treating and pumpkin carving, don't forget to protect against real-world monsters: artificial intelligence-driven cyber threats. Here are a few steps that may help ward off such threats like garlic protects against Dracula: Taking precautionary steps against them may keep the real monsters at bay!