A regularly updated directory of press releases related to cyber security.

 Latest BitSight Insights Report Highlights the Importance of Continuous, Third Party Cyber Risk Assessment When Doing Business with the Fortune 1000

BitSight, the Standard in Security Ratings, today released a new report titled, “How Secure Are America’s Largest Business Partners? Rating The Cybersecurity Performance of the Fortune 1000,” which analyzed the security posture of some of the world’s largest organizations. Leveraging the BitSight Security Ratings Platform that generates objective, outside-in ratings, the report presents data on…

 Industry Veterans Join Trusted and Time-Tested Security Ratings Market Creator as Company Drives Next Stage of Growth

BitSight, the Standard in Security Ratings, today announced the appointment of three key hires that strengthen its executive team and support the company through its next stages of hyper-growth. In newly created positions, Brian Cohen joins BitSight as the company’s first Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Elizabeth Fischer joins as the General Counsel, and Dave Fachetti,…

 BitSight Closes 2016 with 160% Customer Growth and the World’s Largest Security Rating Ecosystem

 BitSight, the Standard in Security Ratings, today announced its key 2016 milestones, demonstrating substantial growth and clear market leadership. Momentum can be attributed to the complete solution that BitSight offers: trustworthiness of BitSight’s objective and verifiable Security Ratings, the time-tested reputation that BitSight has built over the last six years as the creator of the…

 Fourth Annual BitSight Insights Industry Index Report Analyzes Security Ratings of Organizations in Six Key Sectors, Highlighting Risks Associated with Third-Party Service Providers

BitSight, the Standard in Security Ratings, today released its fourth annual BitSight Insights Industry Benchmark report, which analyzed the Security Ratings of more than 20,000 organizations in six industries – Finance, Legal, Healthcare, Retail, Government and Energy. The objective was to highlight quantifiable differences in security performance across industries from the past 12 months and…

 BitSight Introduces Portfolio Thresholds and Analytics to Empower Vendor Risk Decision Making

New Capabilities Provide Alerts and Visibility Into Risk Level Changes Within An Entire Portfolio of Vendors BitSight, the standard in Security Ratings, today released new Security Ratings Platform enhancements, which enable organizations to gain actionable insights into the aggregate cybersecurity risk of their vendors. The BitSight Portfolio Quality Dashboard provides thresholds, alerts and notifications, and…

 New Research Shows Ransomware is not just in Healthcare: Education and Government Sectors Experience Highest Rates of Attack

September 21, 2016 Latest BitSight Insights Shows Rise in Cyber Crime Across Numerous Industries BitSight, the standard in Security Ratings, today released a new BitSight Insights report titled, “The Rising Face of Cyber Crime: Ransomware,” which analyzed Security Ratings of nearly 20,000 companies to identify common forms of ransomware and to determine which industries (amongst…