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Whether you’re a security leader asked by the board to facilitate a cyber security audit, or a member of the board planning to request one, it’s crucial to know what is a cybersecurity audit & what it isn’t. You need to know precisely what is being asked for to make sure the right information is collected.

Consider these three best practices for mapping your digital footprint and using these insights to better assess cyber risk and drive continuous improvement in your security program.

To improve cyber resilience, you must first measure it. Learn the 4 metrics to track to gain insights into your cybersecurity posture.

Learn how to protect your organization’s “crown jewels” with these do’s and don’ts of sensitive data sharing with vendors.

These days, we often hear the word “quarantine” in everyday conversations--but quarantining takes on a different meaning when it comes to protecting your network.

Often, when we discuss quarantining from a cyber security perspective we’re referring to network segmentation cyber security. But what is network segmentation, and is it the right approach for your organization? The answer to the first part is easy. The second is a bit more complicated.

While many IT, security, and risk professionals have developed good metrics and visuals for communicating internally about cyber risk, such as the safety cross and pareto charts, reporting on cybersecurity to non-technical individuals remains challenging.

The process of removing an association with a CIDR range can be time consuming and frustrating; in light of this, Bitsight has created a program to facilitate and simplify the process.

Quantitative risk assessments in cybersecurity draw on data and analytics to help you understand the probability of risk and inform strategic management decisions.

Traditional vendor risk management methods fail to capture new and evolving risks. Learn how a better approach to VRM can benefit your organization.

Security questionnaire automation can save time and reduce errors in your vendor risk management program. Learn how to quickly implement it at scale.

You've worked hard all year to prioritize your organization's resources to tackle the riskiest vulnerabilities in your cybersecurity program. But when you bring your progress to the board of directors, excited to demonstrate your success, your reports about patched network configurations, DNS configurations, botnet sinkholes, and more are met with blank stares.

Vendors and third party partners are essential to helping your business grow and stay competitive. But outsourcing to third parties also dramatically increases your attack surface. A recent independent study by Opinion Matters found that 92% of U.S. organizations have experienced a breach that originated with a vendor. 

You don’t have to be a CIO to know that a great IT department is crucial to the success of any large organization. With the rise of big data, artificial intelligence, and the Internet of Things, technology promises to become an even more fundamental part of competitive corporate strategies in every industry.

Marsh McLennan, the world’s largest insurance broker, recently studied whether Bitsight’s cybersecurity performance analytics are useful in understanding the likelihood of experiencing a cybersecurity incident. The findings were significant: Marsh McLennan found 14 Bitsight analytics to be significantly correlated with cybersecurity incidents.

While the ongoing wave of digital transformation opens exciting opportunities for innovation, it also widens your attack surface.