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The Do's & Don'ts of Writing Audit-Proof Risk Assessments

Oct 28, 2025 By Shane Moosa In UpGuard
When an auditor walks through your door, they aren't looking for a list of vulnerabilities; they're looking for proof that your Third-Party Cyber Risk Management (TPCRM) program is consistent, defensible, and robust. Internal and external auditors evaluate the Vendor Risk Management process by testing evidence, but they do so with different goals.
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Why Risk Assessments Fail Stakeholders: Bridging the Gap

Oct 28, 2025 By Shane Moosa In UpGuard
You've been here before. The vendor risk assessment is complete, the report is generated, and it lands on a stakeholder's desk. And yet, this comprehensive, detailed document, which provides vital information on a vendor's security posture, goes nowhere. The handoff lands in limbo.
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Beyond "Fast": Why Deep, Continuous Risk Analysis is the Only Way Forward

Oct 28, 2025 By Derek Maki In Veracode
False positives from security scanners cost one enterprise over 200 developer hours in a single quarter. At a loaded cost of $150/hour, that’s $30,000 in wasted productivity. Frustrated, they disabled their scanners entirely. Multiplied across dozens of teams, this problem costs enterprise organizations millions, and it is not an isolated issue. This impossible trade-off between noise and risk is why organizations need a more intelligent approach to security.
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How to Safely Trade Crypto with Leverage and Manage Risk

How to Safely Trade Crypto with Leverage and Manage Risk

Oct 28, 2025 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
Crypto markets in 2025 are turbulent, with 5-10% daily swings driven by US-China tariffs and inflation fears. To trade crypto with leverage means amplifying returns using borrowed funds, turning a $1,000 stake into $10,000 exposure at 10x leverage. But losses magnify too, with 80% of retail traders losing money. Safe strategies are critical to avoid wipeouts. Copy trading can help, mirroring pros' moves to balance risk and reward. This article explores how to trade smartly and manage risks effectively.
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From Regulation to Remediation: How AI IoT Risk Management Simplifies with Trust Scores

Oct 24, 2025 By Louise José In Device Authority
As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to expand across industries, risk management has become one of the most pressing challenges for security and compliance leaders. The convergence of AI and IoT (ai iot) is accelerating this transformation, introducing new opportunities but also creating a more complex risk landscape that requires advanced approaches to risk management.
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Downstream Data: Investigating AI Data Leaks in Flowise

Oct 23, 2025 By Greg Pollock In UpGuard
Low-code workflow builders have flourished in the AI wave, providing the “shovels and picks” for non-technical users to make AI-powered apps. Flowise is one of those tools and, like others in its category, it has the potential to leak data when configured without user authentication. To understand the risk of misconfigured Flowise instances, we investigated over a hundred data exposures found in the wild.
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Shadow IT: The Haunting Inside Your Network

Oct 23, 2025 By Emma Stevens In BitSight
According to Bitsight TRACE’s 2025 State of the Underground report, the most exposed devices tied to critical vulnerabilities were found in the United States, and the most affected sectors included Information (telecom, IT) and Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (including security and software vendors).
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Why Infostealer Malware Demands a New Defense Strategy

Oct 23, 2025 By Peter Brittliff In UpGuard
Modern breaches rarely begin with a brute-force attack on a firewall, they now start with a user login. Valid account credentials are now a top initial access vector, responsible for 30% of all intrusions. In this post, we address a common misconception surrounding the inforstealer malware that may be putting you at risk of a data breach.
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Resilience After the Breach: 6 Cyber Incident Response Best Practices

Oct 22, 2025 By Emma Stevens In BitSight
In its 2025 State of the Underground report, Bitsight TRACE found that ransomware activity continued to escalate in 2024, with a 25% increase in unique victims listed on leak sites and a 53% increase in the number of ransomware group-operated leak sites. The report also observed a 43% increase in data breaches shared on underground forums, with nearly one in five victims based in the United States. These findings highlight a continued upward trend in cyberattack activity.
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