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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.
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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.
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Cybersecurity governance in 2023 stood out as one of the most eventful in a very long time. Here are five developments that will push CISOs and risk leaders to up their game in 2024.
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As we look ahead to 2024, this is a great time to survey the damage of late to understand how enterprise risk postures need to adapt.
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To ensure the security & resilience of critical infrastructure & digital services, the EU introduced the Directive (UE) 2022/2555 (NIS 2). See how Bitsight can help.
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This blog discusses the state of DMARC, the role that DMARC plays in email authentication, and why it should be a key component of your email security solution.
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Cybersecurity is always changing, and it's up to CISOs to keep up with the times. There are plenty of blogs and newsletters offering information on new developments in data security, but not all of them are worth following.
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Are you aware of the risks involved in doing business with parties sanctioned by the Office of Financial Assets Control (OFAC)?
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The chief information officer (CIO) has traditionally owned IT security — and in recent years, cybersecurity has become a larger part of the modern CIO’s responsibility. Cybersecurity is a company-wide issue — and it’s everyone’s responsibility to manage it appropriately — but today, the CIO must act as a steward for the data and ensure that the right controls and processes are in place for data security.
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Traditional supply chain risk management strategies are becoming increasingly unsound amid the rise of unorthodox threats. These evolving supply chain risks require organizations to not only rethink supply chain risk but to act accordingly. Every organization should form a cyber supply chain risk management strategy for the modern era.
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Passwords are only as strong as we make them. Explore the findings of our research around password usage and get the top tips on password security.
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A quick list of Android vulnerabilities as outlined and catalogued by CISA.
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Financial services is a wide industry, encompassing banks, insurance companies, investment firms, analysts, consultants, and many more. We’ve found financial services to be one of the best performing sectors in terms of cybersecurity. We’ve been able to pinpoint a handful of basic facts, ideas, and principles that make the financial sector so successful at cybersecurity, and we’ve outlined those “pillars” below. Take a look!
![Vulnerabilities and Exploits From CISA](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_small/public/2022/09/12/Vulnerabilities%20and%20Exploits.png.webp?itok=Cm6umxOr)
A quick list of Apple vulnerabilities as outlined and catalogued by CISA.
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The payment card industry (PCI) has long been a Holy Grail target for bad actors for obvious reasons. Visa, Mastercard, and American Express account for the bulk of the consumer financial activity in the United States. Breaching them would be an unimaginable windfall for hackers--and, undoubtedly, an unmitigated disaster for the world’s economy.
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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.