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Slicing through CISA’s KEV Catalog
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Slicing through CISA’s KEV Catalog
Dive into the critical insights of CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog with Bitsight’s latest blog! Discover how KEVs, which signal urgent cybersecurity risks, are being tracked and mitigated across industries. Learn why addressing these vulnerabilities quickly is vital and how it impacts organizational security.
![Why Cyber Risk Prioritization is Essential to a Solid TPRM Program](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/migration/images/shutterstock_458151352_1.jpg.webp?itok=IMJ7zz4j)
Today’s businesses can’t succeed on their own, which is why they turn to third parties to grow and stay competitive. However, these partnerships can introduce unwanted cyber risk.
![Protecting Sensitive Data: 4 Things To Keep In Mind](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/migration/images/shutterstock_382458778_1.jpg.webp?itok=p4SUQiuE)
Given the recent security breaches and reported hacking attempts, it is increasingly important for companies to have a handle on their most sensitive data. Sensitive data can include employees’ personal information, customer information, trade secrets, and other types of data that would cause internal breaches to company information if obtained by a hacker. To identify your organizations’ sensitive data points, refer to our recent article highlighting 5 examples of sensitive data.
![How Continuous Monitoring Revolutionizes Third-Party Risk Management](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/migration/images/shutterstock_1499306735_1.jpg.webp?itok=yqaWCBap)
If you’re running a third-party risk management program, you’re probably no stranger to pressure. Between business owners demanding vendors be onboarded ever faster, to the ever present threat of a data breach, there is a lot to worry about. One of the biggest concerns in today’s security environment is the constantly evolving threat of a breach - especially with vendors.
![Secure Remote Work: New Threats Require a Shift in Policy and Training](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/migration/images/shutterstock_431935282_1.jpg.webp?itok=kpxfqnAC)
Working from home introduces significant cyber risk to any organization. However, recent events reveal that it’s not a case of “if” but “when” bad actors will exploit the rampant vulnerabilities on home networks.
![Russian Hackers Validate BitSight WFH Data](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/migration/images/shutterstock_625624946_1.jpg.webp?itok=vndU-9tP)
This week the New York Times released a report warning that a group of Russian hackers going by the name “Evil Corp” has been attempting to exploit the rampant vulnerabilities presented by the US workforce shifting to working from home at remote offices, raising fears that major U.S. brands, news organizations, or even election systems could be disrupted with ransomware attacks. The research, conducted by Symantec, revealed that 31 large U.S. corporations, including Fortune 500 companies and news organizations, have fallen victim to Evil Corp, and those are just the ones we know about.
![How Organizations Can Reduce the Risk of Ripple20 IoT Vulnerabilities](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/migration/images/shutterstock_229225618_1.jpg.webp?itok=3hPpZl9_)
“Celebrity” vulnerabilities like BlueKeep attract the attention and resources of security teams, often hogging the spotlight, allowing other, less visible, but just as dangerous, weaknesses that could be exploited by bad actors to go unnoticed. IoT devices are a perfect case in point.
![Employee Spotlight](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/2022/02/18/employee%2520spotlight%2520banner_13.png.webp?itok=WGk1kwQh)
My team and I process and record all of the company’s expenses, so all the money that goes out. For me, my role on the team is more on the corporate card side, so anything that is paid on the company credit cards, I record and process in our system. I started mid-April 2019.
What is your background and how did you get into finance?
Prior to this job, I was actually working in retail at CVS, but my degree was in accounting, so that’s how I went from retail to there. I was actually recommended by Chels
What is your background and how did you get into finance?
Prior to this job, I was actually working in retail at CVS, but my degree was in accounting, so that’s how I went from retail to there. I was actually recommended by Chels
![Lessons Learned From the New Court Ruling on the Capital One Breach](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/migration/images/shutterstock_230526010_1.jpg.webp?itok=ruU0JiwT)
Last year’s Capital One data breach ranks as one of the largest confirmed breaches ever, exposing the personal data of more than 100 million Capital One customer accounts stored in the cloud.
![5 Ways to Justify Security Investments in the Face of Budget Cuts](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/migration/images/shutterstock_753656569_1.jpg.webp?itok=xG_Vffa1)
For years cybersecurity spending has experienced stratospheric growth. Then COVID-19 hit and forecasts took a grim turn.
![How Automation Helps Security Teams Adjust to the Work-from-Home SOC](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/migration/images/shutterstock_669226183_1.jpg.webp?itok=HaR4-SZV)
While many companies have succeeded in creating a sustainable remote workforce, this “new normal” environment remains particularly challenging for security operations teams. Accustomed to working in a physical security operations center (SOC), where collaboration and teamwork is key, security teams must find ways to operate efficiently while working from home.
![How Government Agencies Can Migrate to the Cloud Securely](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/migration/images/shutterstock_1099367189_1.jpg.webp?itok=fBG7E0xL)
Driven by the need to collaborate across remote work environments, COVID-19 has sped up the adoption of cloud services by many government agencies. Yet, questions about security remain.
![The 2020 Verizon DBIR: If Nothing Changes, Then Nothing Changes](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/migration/images/shutterstock_1136227238_1.jpg.webp?itok=r9NGb8CC)
This week the 13th edition of the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) was released, which is usually a hallmark event of the cybersecurity world. As we have been in previous years, Bitsight is proud to be a data contributor to the report. After taking some time to give it an initial read through, however, one thing stood out loud and clear to us: how little has changed after 13 years.
![Take Your Security Data to the Next Level](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/migration/images/shutterstock_1221723337_1.jpg.webp?itok=FhAq1wYk)
In today’s ever-evolving, increasingly complex threat landscape, it’s more important than ever to have the necessary insights and resources to make data-driven security performance management decisions.
![4 Ways to Mitigate Cyber Risk as Hackers Target COVID Researchers](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/migration/images/shutterstock_761873584_1.jpg.webp?itok=O9iu1LE0)
As the U.S. biomedical community rushes to combat COVID-19, the FBI announced last week that, in a bid to win the race for a vaccine or cure, state-sponsored Chinese hackers are targeting U.S. researchers in an attempt to “obtain valuable intellectual property and public health data related to vaccines, treatments, and testing.”
![Report Shows Cyber Attacks on Cloud Services Have Doubled](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/migration/images/shutterstock_1458581246_1.jpg.webp?itok=A5jIX5Cx)
As cloud services increase in popularity, a worrying cybersecurity trend has emerged. According to the 2020 Trustwave Global Security Report, the volume of attacks on cloud services more than doubled in 2019 and accounted for 20% of investigated incidents. Although corporate and internal networks remain the most targeted domains, representing 54% of incidents, cloud environments are now the third most targeted environment for cyber attacks.