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New outsourcing opportunities may present as you build next year’s strategy, making Vendor Risk Management (VRM) critical for three main reasons.

Wondering how to leverage your remaining funds? As you decide how to use your end of year budget, ask yourself these questions.

As a security professional navigating the new challenges 2020 is bringing to cybersecurity, it’s critical to understand the ways your organization’s data could be exposed. Sensitive data is critical, safeguarded information. Different information can be considered sensitive depending on the industry, but in general it can be anything your organization, your employees, your customers, or your third parties would expect to be private and protected.Below, we’ve outlined five examples of sensitive data your organization likely handles—and a few key ways to protect it from evolving cyber threats.

Learn why cybersecurity transparency matters and how you can achieve it quickly and at scale across your vendor portfolio.

Learn about the five most important vendor cybersecurity practices to include in your third-party risk management program.

Bitsight has launched our Vendor Risk Management product to help address the evolving needs of third-party risk managers, powered by our acquisition of ThirdPartyTrust.

Improve visibility into third-party risk with a single pane of glass approach to vendor risk management – from onboarding through the life of the relationship.

Supplier due diligence can protect your organization from third-party risk. Here are best practices for doing it effectively.

The addition of ThirdPartyTrust expands the Bitsight TPRM offering to deliver an end-to-end third-party risk management solution for global vendor risk management teams.

Learn how to combat growing third-party cyber threats with automation and an effective vendor due diligence process.

Ransomware can gain access to your network through your third party ecosystem - and it may be more likely than you think. Read our latest blog to learn the three most effective ways to defend against third party ransomware risk.

A vendor security audit can reduce third-party risk. Learn how you can mature your assessment process while saving time and resources.

Disrupting the flow of goods and services is a keen priority for threat actors and critical infrastructure has long been a favored target. In 2021, the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack caused a devastating impact to the economy when Russia-based hackers halted fuel movement along the critical U.S. Gulf and East Coast pipeline.

But this and other attacks may only be the beginning of an alarming ransomware trend aimed at U.S. critical infrastructure. Ransomware-as-a-service tools make ransomware easy to execute, making it the dominant cyber threat to enterprises in 2022. Indeed, the FBI recently warned that hackers have already developed ransomware code designed to disrupt critical infrastructure or industrial processes.

What does your organization consider an acceptable level of inherent cyber risk in its vendor portfolio? Learn how to establish that threshold and focus resources where they’re needed most.

The last two years have introduced new challenges to organizations across the globe -- from managing business operations through an ongoing pandemic; to a rapid-fire pivot to a digital mode of work; to an increase in cyber attacks targeting businesses directly, and through their supply chains.