Wiz acquired application security posture management startup Dazz for $450 million to provide enterprises with a unified code-to-cloud solution. CEO Merav Bahat highlights how this partnership will streamline vulnerability management and strengthen remediation capabilities for global organizations.
India's Competition Commission has fined social media conglomerate Meta over $25 million for forcing WhatsApp users to agree to a sweeping data sharing policy with other Meta platforms. The agency ordered the company to stop using users' data for online advertising on other Meta platforms.
David Anderson's career began in banking and followed a path to the rapidly changing world of cyber insurance. Anderson, vice president of cyber liability at Woodruff Sawyer, shares how he built a practice rooted in transparency, trust and client education.
In 2025, companies in China will face additional obligations when data protection audits become mandatory, setting a new benchmark for compliance with privacy laws. China is also expected to introduce regulations on non-personal data to establish a framework for ethical and secure data usage.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's open banking ruling shifts liability burdens onto banks, amplifying their responsibilities for securing data shared with third-party fintechs. John Horn at Datos Insights explains the potential for third-party breaches.
Ransomware group Embargo is threatening to publish nearly 1.5 terabytes of data allegedly stolen in an attack on American Associated Pharmacies, a collaborative of 2,000 independent pharmacies. The gang is shaking down AAP for the second installment of an alleged agreed-up ransom deal.
These days, organizations are required to safeguard their customer data and comply with privacy regulations — a task that becomes even more challenging with the increase in third-party relationships. More data is being shared with third parties than ever before, which introduces a whole new set of risks to manage...
Evolving global regulations and an increasing reliance on third parties are reshaping how organizations think about risk. As more goods and services are outsourced, businesses face rising privacy, security, compliance, and operational risks, making the effective management of third parties mission critical.
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Organizations around the globe are using third parties to accomplish business goals, and those vendors have become integral to creating a wider reach for those companies. As a result, they also bring risk and potential security issues to their partners. That’s why it’s imperative for security teams to implement a...
A New York state court has approved a preliminary $1.5 million settlement of a consolidated proposed class action lawsuit against One Brooklyn Health System following a November 2022 cyberattack that involved theft of sensitive health data belonging to more than 235,000 people.
How can an enterprise improve response to emerging threats across a large third-party portfolio? By implementing a comprehensive threat and vulnerability response framework. Gary Phipps of ProcessUnity discusses the third-party risk challenge and solution.
Bitsight's $115 million acquisition of Cybersixgill will merge automated threat intelligence with risk exposure tools. This strategic move reflects the growing demand for streamlined cybersecurity solutions and aligns with Bitsight's mission to enhance cyber-risk management.
Allegations of conflicts of interest in Cyberstarts’ Sunrise program have sparked debate in the CISO community. While the program connected CISOs with startups for advisory purposes, its profit-sharing incentives drew criticism, leading some participants to resign and the firm to halt compensation.
President elect Donald Trump said Thursday he will nominate prominent vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary to head up the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. His stances on health information privacy, security and healthcare sector cyber matters are not well known.
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