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NEW TECH: This free tool can help gauge, manage third-party cyber risk; it’s called ‘VRMMM’

The Last Watchdog

Turn the corner into 2019 and we find Citigroup, CapitalOne, Wells Fargo and HSBC Life Insurance among a host of firms hitting the crisis button after their customers’ records turned up on a database of some 24 million financial and banking documents found parked on an Internet-accessible server — without so much as password protection.

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Best Network Security Tools 2021

eSecurity Planet

XM Cyber launched in 2016 and is a winner for its innovation in the breach and attack simulation arena. In a case study on MCAS , Forrester found a risk-adjusted ROI of over 150% within a few years of purchase. Security information and event management SIEM Splunk IBM. Web application firewall WAF Akamai Imperva.