Press Releases
New Black Kite FocusTags Provide Instant Visibility of High-Profile Cyber Events at Scale
Jun 14, 2022
Black Kite, the leader in third-party cyber risk intelligence, announces the availability of FocusTags™, a fast and simple way for users to track high-profile cyber events and quickly identify which vendors have been affected within their supply chain. This latest capability furthers the company’s mission to provide continuous monitoring of vendors to identify and mitigate ransomware and other risks. FocusTags are automatically applied following high-profile cyberattacks but can also be added to help with supply chain organization.
Read more New Black Kite Research Reveals Top 100 U.S. Defense Contractors at Risk for Ransomware Attack
May 24, 2022
Black Kite, the leader in third-party cyber risk intelligence, today released Centralizing Supply Chain Cybersecurity: U.S. Federal Government Risk in 2022, which finds cyber risks for top defense contractors are rising. Most notably, 72% of contractors have had at least one leaked credential in the last 90 days – a 71% increase from six months ago.
Read more Black Kite Achieves SOC 2 Type II Accreditation
May 17, 2022
Black Kite, the leader in third-party cyber risk intelligence, today announced it has successfully completed its Systems and Organizational Control (SOC) 2 Type II examination. It received accreditation for meeting the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA) high requirements in Security, Availability and Confidentiality.
Read more New Data Finds Phishing Attacks Could Impact 82% of the Largest Insurance Carriers
Apr 5, 2022
Black Kite, the leader in third-party cyber risk intelligence, today released A Fight for Coverage: Cyber Insurance Risk in 2022, a report that examines rising cyber risk concerns and ransomware susceptibility in the insurance sector. The most notable takeaway: nearly 20% of the top 99 insurance carriers have a high susceptibility to ransomware.
Read more Gartner Analyst Joins Black Kite as New Cyber Risk Evangelist
Mar 29, 2022
Black Kite, the leader in third-party cyber risk intelligence, today announced former Gartner analyst Jeffrey Wheatman has joined the company as Senior Vice President Cyber Risk Evangelist (SVP CRE). Wheatman will not only help clients identify and understand their cyber threat risks, but work with them to strengthen their infrastructure and mitigate third-party risk.
Read more Black Kite Named a Customers’ Choice in the 2022 Gartner Peer Insights™ ‘Voice of the Customer’: IT Vendor Risk Management
Mar 7, 2022
Black Kite, the leader in third-party cyber risk intelligence, was recognized today as a Customers’ Choice in the latest Gartner Peer Insights™ ‘Voice of the Customer’: IT Vendor Risk Management’ report. Based on end-user feedback (32 reviews as of Nov ‘21), 100% of the customers that reviewed Black Kite would recommend the platform to their peers, and the company is one of only two vendors to score perfectly in that category.
Read more Black Kite Offers Free Self-Monitoring as Third-Party Cyber Risk Increases
Mar 3, 2022
Black Kite, the leader in third-party cyber risk intelligence, today announced a free self-monitoring license for all customers with the purchase of 15 continuous annual vendor licenses. The offer follows an increasing demand for vendor risk management following a recurring annual spike in third-party breaches.
Read more Ransomware Accounted for 27% Of Third-Party Attacks in 2021, According to Black Kite’s Annual ‘Third-Party Breach Report’
Jan 20, 2021
Black Kite, the leader in third-party cyber risk intelligence, today released its annual Third-Party Breach Report, which examines the impact of third- party cyber breaches in 2021.Ransomware was the most common attack method behind third-party breaches in 2021, initiating more than one out of four incidents analyzed.
Read more Black Kite Platform Wins Dual Risk Management Innovation Awards
Oct 26, 2021
Black Kite, the standard in third-party cyber risk ratings, has won the CISO Choice Award for Risk Management for a second consecutive year.
Read more Black Kite Raises $22M to Meet Aggressive Demand for Vendor Risk Management
Oct 13, 2021
Black Kite, the standard in third-party cyber risk ratings, announced today a $22 million Series B investment led by Volition Capital, with participation from existing investors Moore Strategic Ventures, LLC (MSV), Glasswing Ventures, and Data Point Capital.
Read more 25% Of Largest U.S. Energy Companies Highly Susceptible to a Ransomware Attack, New Black Kite Research Finds
Oct 4, 2021
One-quarter of the 150 largest energy companies in the U.S. are highly susceptible to a ransomware attack, new research from Black Kite revealed today.
Read more 15% Of the Nasdaq 100 Is Highly Susceptible to a Ransomware Attack, New Black Kite Research Finds
Sep 15, 2021
More than 90 percent of Nasdaq-100 companies are operating out-of-date systems, and 82 percent have publicly visible ports, increasing the risk of a ransomware attack, new Black Kite research revealed today.
Read more Black Kite Launches Aviator Partner Program to Expand Deployment of Trusted Cyber Risk Ratings Solutions
Aug 16, 2021
Black Kite, the trusted cyber risk ratings company, today launched the Black Kite Aviator partner program. Aviator enables IT solutions providers to bolster their portfolio of cyber risk services and help customers secure their supply chains. More than 50 companies have already signed on to the Aviator program.
Read more Research Uncovers Ransomware Susceptibility for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Supply Chain, with $31.1M at Risk
May 18, 2021
New research in Black Kite’s 2021 Ransomware Risk Pulse: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing reveals one in 10 global pharmaceutical manufacturers are at a high risk of suffering a ransomware attack. The report evaluates the cybersecurity posture of the 200 largest global pharmaceutical companies and 166 associated third-party vendors, uncovering the biggest threats facing the supply chain.
Read more New Automated Tool Calculates Supply Chain Ransomware Susceptibility
May 3, 2021
Black Kite, a leading cybersecurity ratings provider, today released the first automated ransomware service that assesses the likelihood of a ransomware attack on organizations and their vendors, suppliers, and business partners. The Ransomware Susceptibility Index (RSI) enables companies to gauge the ransomware attack risk of any vendor within minutes.
Read more Credit Union Industry Risks Significant Financial Impact Due to Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities
March 16, 2021
Cybersecurity vulnerabilities among credit unions and their vendors create the potential for large financial impacts to the credit union industry, according to the 2021 Third-Party Risk Pulse: Credit Unions and Vendor Ecosystems report released by Black Kite today.
Read more Black Kite Partners with Templar Shield to Expand Availability of Third-Party Risk Management and Cyber Risk Ratings Services
March 4, 2021
Black Kite, a leading cybersecurity ratings provider, today announced a value-added reseller agreement with Templar Shield, a premier information security, risk and compliance technology professional services firm. The partnership combines Black Kite’s software- as-a-service (SaaS) cyber risk tools with Templar Shield’s third-party risk management (TPRM) consulting services.
Read more Cyber Risk Ratings Leader NormShield Rebrands to “Black Kite”
January 11, 2021
Black Kite, the cyber risk rating company, announced today the closing of $7.5 million in Series A funding led by Moore Strategic Ventures, LLC (MSV). The financing round also includes participation from existing investors, Glasswing Ventures and Data Point Capital. Since its inception in 2016, Black Kite has secured a combined total of $11.1 million in financing.
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NormShield Secures $7.5 Million in Series A Funding
October 6, 2020
NormShield, the cyber risk rating company, announced today the closing of $7.5 million in Series A funding led by Moore Strategic Ventures, LLC (MSV). The financing round also includes participation from existing investors, Glasswing Ventures and Data Point Capital. Since its inception in 2016, NormShield has secured a combined total of $11.1 million in financing.
Read more VendorInsight and NormShield Announce Partnership to Provide Advanced Cybersecurity Monitoring Services
November 12, 2019
VendorInsight®, a leading provider of vendor risk SaaS software and integrated vendor evaluation reporting, today announced its OEM Partnership with NormShield® and its Cyber Risk Monitoring solutions.
Read more NormShield Enables Organizations to Calculate Potential Financial Impact of Cyber Attacks on Suppliers and Partners
September 24, 2019
No matter how hardened a company’s cyber defenses are, significant risk remains when suppliers and third-party trading partners are attacked and compromised. Today, NormShield, the only provider of a standards-based external cyber risk assessment platform, unveiled the first-ever automated tool to combine and assess both cyber and financial risk.
Read more NormShield Research Finds Presidential Candidates Making The Most of Cybersecurity Investments
June 25, 2019
The list of declared Presidential candidates is long and diverse but all seem to be on the same page when it comes to their cybersecurity protections, according to new research from NormShield, the only provider that assesses and prioritizes the cyber risk of any organization within 60 seconds.
Read more DVV Solutions Enhances its Third-Party Cyber Risk Capabilities with NormShield’s Scorecards
May 30, 2019
DDVV Solutions, a leading provider of Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) and IT Security services, today partnered with NormShield, the only provider of standards-based external cyber risk assessment and mitigation recommendations. DVV Solutions customers will now have the capability of assessing, measuring and mitigating cyber risk associated with their suppliers and third parties.
Read more Fastest Growing Companies Keep Pace Managing Cyber Risk, but Blind Spots Remain According to NormShield Cyber Risk Scorecard Research
May 10, 2019
The 50 fastest growing companies in the U.S. all earn above average cybersecurity risk scores, but half fail to protect their customers, partners, and employees from phishing risk, NormShield, the only provider of standards-based cyber risk assessment and mitigation tools, revealed today.
Read more SUPPLY WISDOM AND NORMSHIELD PARTNER TO ENHANCE CYBERSECURITY COVERAGE
April 10, 2019
A new partnership between Supply Wisdom, the industry-leading continuous risk monitoring solution, and NormShield, the only provider of standards-based cyber risk assessment and mitigation tools, will provide global enterprises with comprehensive risk coverage to eliminate the need for subscriptions with multiple risk intelligence vendors.
Read more NormShield Launches Industry-First Rapid Cyber Risk Scorecard
April 1, 2019
NormShield, provider of on-demand cyber risk scorecards for enterprises, has launched its industry-first Rapid Cyber Risk Scorecard, the only risk assessment solution that delivers detailed, accurate data on any company’s security vulnerabilities in 60 seconds or less.
Read more NormShield Recognized on The 10 Most Promising Cybersecurity Solution Providers List
December 25, 2018
“CIOReview has shortlisted the most cutting-edge solutions that offer tailor-made and efficient solutions for cybersecurity”. The annual list consists of 10 companies at the forefront of providing cybersecurity solutions and impacting the industry.
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