Cybersecurity and Risk Insights and Alerts
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The Secret Ingredient for Effective Vendor Risk Management
Vendor risk management can be painful, time-consuming, and expensive. Get the secret ingredient to capture the full range of vendor risks in our latest blog post.
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Regulatory Cyber Alert: SEC’s OCIE Issues Risk Alert on Data Storage Security
On May 23, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a Risk Alert regarding the security associated with cloud and network data storage solutions.
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Regulatory Cyber Alert: SEC Conducting Cyber Compliance Examination Sweep of Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs)
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has commenced a series of cybersecurity examinations on registered investment advisers (RIAs) which targets Form ADV data related to cloud service providers.
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How to Remove the Pain from Vendor Due Diligence
Third-party risk management can be painful, time-consuming, and expensive. Get the pain-free solution to effective vendor due diligence in our latest blog post.
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Cyber Alert: New Intel Chip Security Vulnerability
On May 14, Intel announced a series of security vulnerabilities in its central processing unit (CPU) chips. The vulnerabilities are collectively labeled Microarchitectural Data Sampling (MDS).
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Cyber Alert: Surveillance Attack Discovered in WhatsApp; User Upgrade Strongly Recommended
On May 13, Facebook announced a vulnerability in its popular WhatsApp messaging service. The vulnerability allows attackers to install spyware on smartphones by simply placing a voice call to WhatsApp on the device.
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