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Fueled by Record Growth and Customer Satisfaction, Black Kite Introduces Black Kite Ai Agent, Continuing to Drive the Future of Ai-native Third-party Cyber Risk Management

Black Kite and Carahsoft Partner to Deliver Comprehensive Third-party Risk Management Solutions to the Public Sector

Black Kite Releases Global Adaptive Ai Assessment Framework (bk-ga³™) Developed in Consultation with Shared Assessments

Designed to keep pace with evolving AI security threats, BK-GA³™ is the first truly global framework for assessing AI risk.

Black Kite’s 2025 Manufacturing Report Reveals Manufacturers Remain the #1 Ransomware Target for the Fourth Consecutive Year

Read Black Kite’s 2025 manufacturing report: manufacturers remain the top ransomware target for the fourth year, underscoring urgent supply chain cyber risks.

Black Kite Bridge™ Closes First Anniversary with Strong Momentum and Adoption Surpassing 100,000 Intelligence Items Shared

Celebrating Black Kite Bridge’s one-year anniversary with over 100,000 intelligence items shared — driving rapid growth, adoption, and community trust

Black Kite Unveils Adversary Susceptibility Index to Operationalize Threat Actor Intelligence in Third-party Risk Management

Discover Black Kite’s Adversary Susceptibility Index — operationalizing threat actor intelligence for smarter third-party risk management.

Black Kite Welcomes Jack Jones, Originator of Fair™, as Strategic Advisor to Deliver on Its Strategic Vision to Improve the Health and Safety of the World’s Cyber Ecosystem

Black Kite welcomes Jack Jones, FAIR’s originator, as strategic advisor — advancing its vision to strengthen global cyber health and safety.

2025 State of Financial Services: Hidden Dangers in the Vendor Ecosystem, Uncovering Critical Weaknesses That Pose Considerable Risks to Financial Institutions

Black Kite’s 2025 report on hidden vendor risks in financial services — uncover critical weaknesses threatening financial institutions’ security.

Built with Now: Black Kite Announces Integration with Servicenow to Boost Supply Chain Cyber Resiliency

Discover how Black Kite’s integration with ServiceNow elevates third-party risk management and strengthens supply chain cyber resilience.

Black Kite and Cgs Cyberdefense Partner to Deliver Unparalleled Visibility and Actionable Insights to Remediate Third-party Risks

Learn how Black Kite and CGS CyberDefense partner to deliver deeper visibility and actionable insights for third-party risk remediation.

Black Kite Releases 2025 Ransomware Report, Revealing 123% Increase in Ransomware Attacks Over Two Years

Black Kite's 2025 Ransomware Report reveals a 123 percent surge in ransomware attacks over two years and key risk trends.

Black Kite Unveils Vulnerability Intelligence Briefs to Provide Visibility Into Third-party Vulnerability Risks

Black Kite’s new Vulnerability Intelligence Briefs offer visibility into third-party vulnerability risks and enhance security decision-making.

Ey Us Unveils Paul Paget of Black Kite as an Entrepreneur of the Year® 2025 New England Award Finalist

Paul Paget, CEO of Black Kite, is named a finalist for EY US’s prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year 2025 New England award.

Black Kite Honored as Finalist of the 2025 Sc Awards

Black Kite, the leader in third-party cyber risk intelligence, is proud to announce that it has been named a finalist in the prestigious 2025 SC Awards

Black Kite Research Reveals Traditional Approaches to Vulnerability Management Fall Short in Third-party Risk Management

New research from Black Kite shows traditional vulnerability management falls short for third-party risk — and what to do next.

Black Kite Hires Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Strategic Partnership & Alliances to Enhance Leadership Team

Black Kite expands leadership with new Chief Marketing Officer and VP of Strategic Partnerships to drive growth and strategic alliances.

Black Kite Research Exposes the "silent Breaches" Lurking Within Interconnected Ecosystems

Discover Black Kite’s latest research exposing hidden breaches within interconnected ecosystems and the risks they pose to your supply chain.

Black Kite Research Finds Certain Ransomware Groups Disproportionately Target Healthcare Organizations

Black Kite research reveals that certain ransomware groups disproportionately target healthcare, detailing threat trends and risk insights.

Black Kite Named Bostinno Fire Award Honoree for 2024

Black Kite is named a 2024 BostInno FIRE Award honoree, spotlighting innovation and excellence in cybersecurity and risk management.

Black Kite Reveals New Cloud Asset Mapping Capabilities

Explore Black Kites latest cloud asset mapping features, enabling visibility and management of cloud infrastructure in third-party risk frameworks

Black Kite Recognized in the 2024 Red Dot Design Awards

Black Kite is honored with a 2024 Red Dot Design Award, celebrating excellence in design and innovation in the cybersecurity space.

Black Kite Achieves Iso 27001:2022 Certification, Reinforcing Commitment to Information Security Excellence

Black Kite attains ISO 27001:2022 certification, underscoring its strong commitment to information security and trust in third-party risk management.

Black Kite Research Reveals That 80% of Manufacturing Companies Have Critical Vulnerabilities

Black Kite research finds 80 % of manufacturing companies have critical vulnerabilities — learn risk trends and mitigation strategies.

Black Kite Accounts Court Dismissal of Bitsight Technologies' Patent Claims in Federal Court Litigation

Black Kite wins court dismissal of BitSight’s federal patent claims, reinforcing its innovation and legal resilience in cybersecurity.

Black Kite Bridge™ Enables Industry-first Risk Collaboration Across Vendor Ecosystem

Introducing Black Kite Bridge — an industry-first platform enabling real-time risk collaboration across vendor ecosystems.

Black Kite Achieves Soc 2–type 2 Compliance

Black Kite attains SOC 2 Type 2 compliance, underscoring its commitment to data security, operational integrity, and third-party risk trust.

Black Kite Research Reveals Growing Persistence, Sophistication and Aggression Within Cybercrime Ecosystem

Black Kites research uncovers growing persistence, sophistication, and aggression within the cybercrime ecosystem and what it means for risk management.

Black Kite Gives Organizations the Power to Solve Nth-party Cyber Risk with First-of-its-kind Supply Chain Monitoring Module

Black Kite’s new supply chain monitoring module empowers organizations to detect and address N-th party cyber risk across extended vendor networks.

Black Kite’s Fifth Annual Third-party Breach Report Highlights Ripple Effects of Cyber-ecosystem Breaches

Dive into Black Kite’s 5th annual third-party breach report, outlining ripple effects across cyber ecosystems and strategies to mitigate risk.

Black Kite Unveils Industry’s First Monthly Ransomware Dashboards

The industry’s first monthly ransomware dashboard, featuring crucial insights for security teams, media, analysts, and other industry leaders.

Black Kite Added to the Department of Homeland Security's Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program's Approved Products List

Black Kite is now on the Department of Homeland Security’s CDM Approved Products List, validating its security platform for national risk management efforts.

Three New Solutions From Black Kite Automate Compliance of Third-party Cyber Assessments with Industry's First Cyber-aware Ai Engine

Black Kite, the leader in third-party cyber risk intelligence, today unveiled three new features that automate cyber-ecosystem risk compliance.

Black Kite Announces First Ever Automated Cyber Risk Quantification Capabilities for Ransomware and Business Interruption Scenarios

Black Kite unveils automated cyber risk quantification for ransomware and business interruption, delivering precise scenario-based insights.

Security Luminaries Join Black Kite’s Board of Advisors

Black Kite welcomes Alpa Inamdar and JC Dodson as advisors to fuel its leadership in third-party cyber risk intelligence.

Black Kite Named a Strong Performer in 2023 Gartner® Peer Insights™ “voice of the Customer” for It Vendor Risk Management Solutions

With 4.8's and 9's, Black Kite meets or exceeds market average in overall experience and is the highest-rated vendor in the strong performer quadrant.

Cyber Breach Impact and Destruction Levels Doubled in 2022, According to Black Kite Research

Black Kite releases annual ‘Third-Party Breach Report’ analyzing 63 attacks that led to nearly 300 cascading vendor breaches.

Black Kite Names Eireann Connolly as Chief Revenue Officer

Black Kite, the leader in third-party cyber risk ratings intelligence, today announced the appointment of Eireann Connolly as Chief Revenue Officer.

Aravo Integration with Black Kite Helps Improve Cybersecurity Defenses

Aravo and Black Kite today announced a new partnership designed to empower organizations to improve their cybersecurity defenses.

Black Kite Wins Two 2022 Ciso Choice Awards for Its Leading Cyber Risk Monitoring Platform

Black Kite was awarded two 2022 CISO Choice Awards by CISOs Connect™ for its technology platform and business practices.

Black Kite Finds Cost of Data Breach Averages $15.01m

The Cost of a Data Breach: A New Perspective, a global analysis curated with OSINT that examines the financial impact of 2,400 cyber incidents between 2017-2022...

New Black Kite Focustags Provide Instant Visibility of High-profile Cyber Events at Scale

Fast and simple way for users to track high-profile cyber events and quickly identify which vendors have been affected within their supply chain.

New Automated Tool Calculates Supply Chain Ransomware Susceptibility

The Ransomware Susceptibility Index analyzes technical and financial data to determine likelihood of ransomware attack on vendors and business partners.

New Black Kite Research Reveals Top 100 U.s. Defense Contractors at Risk for Ransomware Attack

Centralizing Supply Chain Cybersecurity: U.S. Federal Government Risk in 2022, which finds cyber risks for top defense contractors are rising.

Black Kite Achieves Soc 2 Type Ii Accreditation

Black Kite met rigorous compliance framework and standards in security, availability, and confidentiality to receive SOC 2 Accreditation.

New Data Finds Phishing Attacks Could Impact 82% of the Largest Insurance Carriers

Report examines rising cyber risk concerns and ransomware susceptibility. Nearly 20% of the top 99 insurance carriers have a high susceptibility to ransomware.

Gartner Analyst Joins Black Kite as New Cyber Risk Evangelist

Black Kite today announced former Gartner analyst Jeffrey Wheatman has joined the company as SVP CRE

Black Kite Named a Customers’ Choice in the 2022 Gartner Peer Insights™ ‘voice of the Customer’: It Vendor Risk Management

Black Kite, was recognized today as a Customers Choice in the latest Gartner Peer Insight ‘Voice of the Customer’: IT Vendor Risk Management’ report.

Black Kite Offers Free Self-monitoring as Third-party Cyber Risk Increases

Leader In Third-Party Cyber Risk Intelligence To Help Customers Protect Critical Data With Free License

Ransomware Accounted for 27% of Third-party Attacks in 2021, According to Black Kite’s Annual ‘third-party Breach Report’

Black Kite today released its annual Third-Party Breach Report, which examines the impact of third-party cyber breaches in 2021.

Black Kite Platform Wins Dual Risk Management Innovation Awards

Black Kite named 2021 Risk Management Innovation of the Year by Cybersecurity Breakthrough Awards, and received 2021 CISO Choice for Risk Management.

Black Kite Raises $22m to Meet Aggressive Demand for Vendor Risk Management

Black Kite received a $22 million Series B investment to help meet the growing global demand for vendor cyber risk management.

Black Kite Partners with Templar Shield to Expand Availability of Third-party Risk Management and Cyber Risk Ratings Services

Black Kite today announced a value-added reseller agreement with Templar Shield, a premier information security, risk and compliance technology professional ser...

25% of Largest U.s. Energy Companies Highly Susceptible to a Ransomware Attack

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

15% of the Nasdaq 100 Is Highly Susceptible to a Ransomware Attack, New Black Kite Research Finds

15% of NASDAQ-100 companies are highly susceptible to a ransomware attack. How at-risk is your digital supply chain?

Black Kite Launches Aviator Partner Program to Expand Deployment of Trusted Cyber Risk Ratings Solutions

Black Kite partner program is a global fleet of cyber risk professionals, offering value beyond our platform through connection.

Research Uncovers Ransomware Susceptibility for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Supply Chain, with $31.1m at Risk

This report reveals one in 10 global pharmaceutical manufacturers are at a high risk of suffering a ransomware attack.