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

October 8, 2025
Black Kite, the leader in third-party cyber risk intelligence, today announced the release of its 2025 Manufacturing Report: Why Your Supply Chain is Your Biggest Cyber Risk. The report found that manufacturing’s rapid digital transformation has exposed an expansive and often unsecured attack surface through interconnected supply chains. This, coupled with a pervasive pattern of security vulnerabilities, has resulted in this sector remaining ransomware’s number one target for the fourth year in a row.

BLACK KITE UNVEILS ADVERSARY SUSCEPTIBILITY INDEX TO OPERATIONALIZE THREAT ACTOR INTELLIGENCE IN THIRD-PARTY RISK MANAGEMENT

August 6, 2025
Black Kite, the leader in cyber third-party risk intelligence, today announced Adversary Susceptibility Index (ASI). Purpose-built for Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) teams, ASI empowers them to proactively identify which vendors in their ecosystem are most vulnerable to specific threat actors before threats become a breach.

BLACK KITE RELEASES 2025 STATE OF FINANCIAL SERVICES: HIDDEN DANGERS IN THE VENDOR ECOSYSTEM, UNCOVERING CRITICAL WEAKNESSES THAT POSE CONSIDERABLE RISKS TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

July 10, 2025

Black Kite, the leader in cyber third-party risk intelligence, today announced its newest report, 2025 State of Financial Services: Hidden Dangers in the Vendor Ecosystem, which explores the shifting landscape of cyber threats in the financial sector, highlighting the critical importance of understanding and mitigating the hidden dangers within the vendor ecosystem. The report found that while banks and financial institutions possess strong defenses, third-party vendors often lack the same level of security, providing attackers with indirect access to the institutions they serve.