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Jun 7th, 2021
Why Effective Cybersecurity Narratives Are Built Using Quantitative Metrics
As the world begins to get the global coronavirus pandemic under control, cybersecurity concerns are increasing. Attackers continue to build increasingly sophisticated capabilities, deploying them in
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Jun 4th, 2021
How Risk Quantification Gives Your Security Team A Leg Up in Patch Management
Two of the major challenges facing most Security Operations Centers (SOCs) are patch management and alert prioritization. However, many organizations struggle with the complexity of keeping up-to-date
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Jun 1st, 2021
Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructures Forcing Long Overdue Conversations About Risk
A cyberattack targeting the world’s largest meat processor over the weekend is pointing to a disturbing new reality: Our nation’s critical infrastructures and supply chains are being targeted beca
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Jun 1st, 2021
3 Reasons The Insurance Industry Desperately Needs Automated Cyber Risk Quantification
The cyber insurance industry is in turmoil as more and more businesses seek insurance protection against the onslaught of advanced threats, particularly ransomware, while both carriers and those seeki
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May 24th, 2021
Inside The Business Benefits of Automated Cyber Risk Quantification
Many businesses may have heard of cyber risk quantification (CRQ), but most businesses still don’t know what their exposure is to any given cyber event. And how could they when their security teams
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May 10th, 2021
Pipeline Ransomware Attack Underscores Urgent Need for Risk-Based, Automated Decision Support
The ransomware attack on Saturday against the Colonial Pipeline company not only shut down operations across one of the nation’s most important 5,500-mile energy infrastructures but it exposed a maj
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May 7th, 2021
Cyber Execs Warn CISOs Could Disappear If They Don’t Get Better at Communicating Risk
Three leading global chief information security officers (CISOs) with a wide range of experience across different industries warned that if CISOs do not improve their ability to communicate cyber risk
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Apr 13th, 2021
Inside The Lean Six Sigma of Cybersecurity
Some of the greatest companies in the world have embraced the Lean Six Sigma process improvement methodology to eliminate errors, remove waste and inefficiency, and improve operational performance. At
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Apr 7th, 2021
RQ Enables the Cyber Risk Conversations You’ve Been Waiting For
Modern businesses undergo changes every day that introduce cyber risk and obfuscate residual risks. This is especially true as companies digitize their operations and continue to have a healthy appeti
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Mar 24th, 2021
The Cyber Risk Quantification Journey: It’s Not As Hard As Some Think
A survey of 300 cybersecurity professionals who attended a live webinar on cyber risk quantification (CRQ) sponsored by Spire Solutions and ThreatConnect shows that there is truth behind the anecdotal
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Mar 15th, 2021
5 Cybersecurity Challenges Chief Information Security Officers Must Tackle in 2021
Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) operate in a world full of systemic risk, fueled by forces beyond their individual control. Unfortunately, despite a myriad of technological advances and th
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Mar 8th, 2021
Make More Confident & Efficient CVE Patching Decisions Based on Potential Impact
When Risk Quantifier (RQ) became a part of the ThreatConnect family last year, it was clear we had big plans when it came to changing the way security works. We spoke about the deep rooted belief we h