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GUEST ESSAY: The role advanced ‘VM’ is ideally suited to play in combating modern cyber attacks

The Last Watchdog

Modern cyber attacks are ingenious — and traditional vulnerability management, or VM, simply is no longer very effective. But VM vendors tend to focus more on software vulnerabilities and leave out everything else. Cyber attacks can also invite lawsuits and can even be fatal.

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RSAC insights: How ‘TPRM’ can help shrink security skills gap — while protecting supply chains

The Last Watchdog

Third-Party Risk Management ( TPRM ) has been around since the mid-1990s – and has become something of an auditing nightmare. Related: A call to share risk assessments. This is because third-party risk has become a huge problem for enterprises in the digital age. One leading provider is Denver, Colo.-based based CyberGRX.

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Counting Down to the EU NIS2 Directive

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Counting Down to the EU NIS2 Directive madhav Thu, 05/23/2024 - 05:16 Our recently released 2024 Data Threat Report showed a direct correlation between compliance and cyber security outcomes. Very soon, a long-anticipated cyber resilience regulation comes into effect, promising to raise the compliance bar once again.

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Leveraging CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: Why attack surface vulnerability validation is your strongest defense 

IBM Big Data Hub

With over 20,000 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) being published each year 1 , the challenge of finding and fixing software with known vulnerabilities continues to stretch vulnerability management teams thin. Does reducing the number of critical CVEs significantly reduce the risk of a breach?

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News alert: AdviserCyber launches to help ‘RIAs’ meet SEC’s cybersecurity infrastructure rules

The Last Watchdog

In the last year alone, advisers and wealth managers in financial sectors have witnessed an 80% increase in cyber threats and intrusion activity, with investment advisers being particularly vulnerable due to the sensitive nature of the data they handle.

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5 Stages of the Vulnerability Management Lifecycle

eSecurity Planet

Vulnerability management is the process of identifying, classifying, remediating, and mitigating vulnerabilities. There are many different vulnerability management frameworks, but the vulnerability management lifecycle of most organizations today typically includes five phases.

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SHARED INTEL Q&A: My thoughts and opinions about cyber threats — as discussed with OneRep

The Last Watchdog

Acohido to share his ideas about the current cyber threat landscape, the biggest threats for businesses today, the role of AI and machine learning in cyberattacks and cyberdefence, and the most effective methods for companies to protect themselves. Erin: How has the cyber threat landscape evolved since you first got into cybersecurity?