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Maturing a Third-party Risk Management Program Using the Open Fair™ Model to Improve Due Diligence and Action Plans

Maturing a third-party risk program with the Open FAIR™ model: how quantification reshapes due diligence and turns action plans into dollar terms.

Nov 20, 2019
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Vendorinsight and Black Kite Announce Partnership to Provide Advanced Cybersecurity Monitoring Services

VendorInsight® and Black Kite® announce an OEM partnership combining vendor management with continuous cyber risk monitoring for joint customers.

Nov 15, 2019
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How to Integrate Black Kite’s Open Fair™ Analysis Into a Third-party Risk Management (TPRM) Program

If you’re not familiar with the Open FAIR™ model, read Bob Maley's previous blog post “Using the Open FAIR™ Model to Quantify Third-Party Cyber Risk”.

Nov 14, 2019
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Patricia Titus, Markel’s Chief Privacy and Information Security Officer Joins Black Kite Board of Directors

Black Kite, today named Patricia Titus, chief privacy and information security officer at Markel Corp., to the company’s board of directors.

Nov 12, 2019
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Scam Alert: Consumers Need to Watch Out This Holiday Season – the Number of Fake E-commerce Sites Is Spiking

Cybercriminals are aggressively trying to trick consumers into spending money on fake e-commerce sites designed to resemble the 50 most popular e-retailers

Nov 6, 2019
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Major Third-party Data Breaches Revealed in October 2019

We regularly update the list of major third-party (aka supply-chain) attacks and breaches that are revealed in October 2019.

Nov 4, 2019
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Misconfigured Server by the Third Party Vendor Exposed 2.8 Million Customer Records

A misconfigured MongoDB by a CenturyLink third-party vendor exposed 2.8M customer records. Inside the incident and the supply chain controls that failed.

Oct 21, 2019
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Open Banking and Cyber Security in 10 Questions

Do you want to learn about open banking and cyber security, but not sure where to start? We've answered all your questions.

Oct 18, 2019
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Major Third-party Data Breaches Revealed in September 2019

Knowing your potential risks allows your business to make adjustments and protect itself from becoming the next cyber breach headline.

Oct 7, 2019
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Black Kite Enables Organizations to Calculate Potential Financial Impact of Cyber Attacks on Suppliers and Partners

Black Kite uses the Open FAIR™ model to automate financial impact analysis of cyber attacks across suppliers and partners. The first to do it at scale.

Sep 24, 2019
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By 2020, More Than 3,500 New Phishing Domains Will Be Active, Targeting 50 Major Banks

The European Central Bank (ECB) website was hacked in August by an unknown group in the hope of being able to conduct phishing attacks.

Sep 22, 2019
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Election Report: Educating About Cyber Risk Assessment

The insight that is missing in reported self-analysis of election systems is the broader view of internal election systems.

Sep 13, 2019

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