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A critical problem for security and legal professionals who manage supply chain risk is that cybersecurity risks are dynamic and always shifting. You have done your due diligence and selected a vendor with strong cybersecurity controls – but how can you guarantee that your vendor maintains this type of security hygiene and doesn’t become a target and a “weak link” in your supply chain?

SecurityScorecard is excited to announce that we are now an AWS OMNIA partner. This unlocks a critical opportunity for the 90,000 buying organizations that make up the OMNIA partner network to reduce and manage Supply Chain Cyber Risks. The third party attack surface is a fast growing risk vector and SecurityScorecard offers an industry leading solution to help organizations combat these threats.

No executive wants to be blindsided by risks that should have been reasonably anticipated, especially the CEO, CFO, and board members. In the CISO Desk Reference Guide, Gary Hayslip, Bill Bonney, and I wrote extensively about how CISOs play a critical role in contextualizing digital and cyber risks to the organization’s broader enterprise risk management practices.

Cybersecurity methods are usually focused on protecting an organization from external risk factors, but insider attacks can be just as dangerous and costly as those that originate outside an organization. In fact, insider threats pose serious security risks because they typically involve individuals with authorized access to the organization’s systems, data, or networks.

Today, we’re excited to announce the launch of our integration with the ServiceNow Vendor Response Management (VRM) offering. Riscosity’s integration with ServiceNow empowers security teams with the insights and tools needed to achieve their security goals while still using their existing workflows in ServiceNow VRM.

ServiceNow and SecurityScorecard have been longtime strategic partners, helping mutual customers measure and manage cyber risk. Today we’re highlighting the next phase of our partnership and innovation to help customers tackle the complex challenges associated with managing cyber risk in the third party ecosystem. Organizations struggle with prioritization, resource constraints, and the need to act quickly when responding to threats.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), introduced by the European Union in 2018, has not only set a new benchmark for data privacy but has also significantly impacted global data protection frameworks. Its comprehensive and stringent requirements have prompted countries worldwide, such as India, to reevaluate and enhance their data protection laws. In recent years, India has been actively working on enhancing its data protection regulations, drawing considerable influence from the GDPR.

Organizations register domains for many reasons, the obvious one being to use as their primary online presence. In many cases organizations also register domains that they might not use but want to prevent others from using.

Organizations face a myriad of cybersecurity threats that can compromise sensitive data and disrupt operations. A cornerstone of defending against these threats is an effective vulnerability management program. This program’s first, and arguably most critical, step is strong asset and inventory management. A thorough and accurate asset inventory is essential for identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities.