ToddyCat Hacker Group Uses Advanced Tools for Industrial-Scale Data Theft

The threat actor known as ToddyCat has been observed using a wide range of tools to retain access to compromised environments and steal valuable data. Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky characterized the adversary as relying on various programs to harvest data on an "industrial scale" from...

This Free Solution Provides Essential Third-Party Risk Management for SaaS

Wing Security recently announced that basic third-party risk assessment is now available as a free product. But it raises the questions of how SaaS is connected to third-party risk management TPRM and what companies should do to ensure a proper SaaS-TPRM process is in place. In this article we wi...

3 Steps to Automate Your Third-Party Risk Management Program

If you Google "third-party data breaches" you will find many recent reports of data breaches that were either caused by an attack at a third party or sensitive information stored at a third-party location was exposed. Third-party data breaches don't discriminate by industry because almost every...

View TPRM risk through four lenses

In recent years, as attackers seek to gain entry and disrupt business through vendors, Third Party Risk Management TPRM has proven to be a top priority item for every organization. As organizations mitigate the risks associated with a third party-related attack, leaders should continue to address...

A little actually doesn’t go a long way: Fight the urge to shortcut your TPRM program

Third Party Risk Management TPRM is hard to get right. Ineffective TPRM is when 83% of legal and compliance leaders identify third party risks after due diligence, despite spending 73% of effort on due diligence. This is supported by 49% of business leaders saying they lack a centralized strategy...

Third Party Risk Management and the Cloud

Security awareness and preparation are getting more widespread. Corporate boards and C-suite executives are taking Third-Party Risk Management TPRM more seriously as they see what has happened to other enterprises in the not-so-distant past. I am speaking primarily of the top-level enterprises, b...

Art Imitates Life: Lessons from the Final Season of Mr. Robot

Fair warning: if you aren’t caught up, there are spoilers for the first episode of the final season of Mr. Robot below. It’s an alien sensation to be watching the fourth and final season of Mr. Robot as a civilian: having worked as a technical consultant for the first three seasons of the show,...

How to Address Major Gaps in Third-Party Risk Management Programs

While securing the organizational environment, its easy to focus on the enterprise assets without thinking as much about the vendor ecosystem. However, that extended ecosystem and how it interacts with the organization is a potential significant risk if not secured properly...