Making Security Cloud-Friendly

As organizations increase their reliance on third-party vendors for outsourced solutions, they expand their attack surface. Today’s digital environment offers tremendous opportunities for modern organizations. At the same time, there is more risk. Vulnerabilities and infections plague organizations around the globe — and their numbers continue to rise. The tips discussed in this webinar will help you start managing third-party risk to centralize your program and get a preliminary perspective of the risks you face. Once this foundation is established, you can build on it and shift to a more proactive approach to managing third-party risk — and limiting your exposure.

Learn how BitSight Security Ratings are used to monitor and manage third-party cyber risk. The third part of this (ISC)² webinar series explores how BitSight Security Ratings help organizations tackle third-party supplier risk management challenges. Bob Lewis (Former Head of External Cyber Assurance and Monitoring, Barclays UK) and Nick Trigg (BitSight Risk Consultant) share real life examples of business challenges within third-party risk and considerations when addressing those challenges.

If you’re keeping even half an eye on the InfoSec news cycle, you know how big of a problem phishing is. The annual Verizon data breach found again this year that phishing was the leading way for malware to enter networks, with the average company reporting that 94% of detected malware came in via email. Thirty-two percent of confirmed breaches started with phishing, again the most common tactic. It makes sense, then, that so much security awareness content out there is focused on this threat. Some vendors make their business on it almost completely, with this trend extending to the phishing simulator emerging as a key selling point for those in the security awareness business.

Are you assessing which cybersecurity vendor to use for your business, or even consolidating to just one? There are some key characteristics and business strategies you’ll want to consider. We’ve turned to global business leaders to share their experience vetting cybersecurity vendors and even trends in the security industry that influenced their choice.