The cybersecurity world is experiencing an unexpected paradox in 2025. While cyber insurance claims in the Resilience portfolio dropped by 53% in the first half of the year—suggesting that organizations are getting better at preventing attacks—the financial damage from successful incidents has actually increased. Our latest 2025 Midyear Cyber Risk Report reveals that when cybercriminals […]
In our first post, we established why comprehensive vendor discovery matters and how most organizations approach it incorrectly. Today, we’re diving into the practical mechanics: the seven data streams that can reveal vendor relationships hiding in your existing systems. The key insight is to start with data you already have rather than surveys or questionnaires. […]
Getting executive sign-off on a new control? Hard. Getting peer buy-in on security initiatives when they don’t report to you? Harder. In modern organizations, cybersecurity professionals often find themselves in the ultimate matrix of organizational challenges: you need buy-in from every department within the organization – operations, sales, HR, and finance – but none of […]
The average enterprise relies on hundreds—sometimes thousands—of third-party vendors to operate. Yet when security leaders are asked for a complete inventory of these vendors, the response is often a patchwork of spreadsheets, outdated procurement lists, and educated guesses. This vendor blindness isn’t just an operational inconvenience—it’s a critical business risk that’s becoming increasingly expensive to […]
The U.S. healthcare sector faces an unprecedented cybersecurity crisis. With 168 million healthcare records breached in 2023 and ransomware attacks surging 32% in 2024, the industry confronts threats that have evolved beyond data theft to sophisticated campaigns capable of paralyzing critical patient care infrastructure. Despite these trends, cybersecurity often receives insufficient leadership attention. A 2025 […]
Organizations invest heavily in cyber insurance policies to shield their businesses from evolving threats, but many overlook a critical vulnerability: the security of the insurance policy documents themselves. While these policies are designed to protect you from cyber threats, they can become powerful weapons when they fall into the wrong hands. Over the past year, […]
