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How to Manage Third-Party Risk
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Third-Party Risk Management

How to Manage Third-Party Risk

This is a complete overview of how to manage third-party risk. Learn about common causes of third-party risks and how to mitigate them in this post.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
October 19, 2020
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The 50 Biggest Data Breaches [Updated for 2020]
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The 50 Biggest Data Breaches [Updated for 2020]

Our updated list for 2020 ranks the 50 biggest data breaches of all time, ranked by number of people impacted. Learn from their mistakes.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
November 24, 2020
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Is DDoSing illegal?
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Is DDoSing illegal?

A DDoS attack can be devasting to your online business. Read this post to learn how to defend yourself against this powerful threat.
Edward Kost
Edward Kost
November 24, 2020
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What is a Data Breach?
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What is a Data Breach?

A data breach is the intentional or unintentional release of secure or private/confidential information to an untrusted environment.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
November 24, 2020
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What Is IP Attribution, and Why Is It Doomed?
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What Is IP Attribution, and Why Is It Doomed?

IP attribution is the attempt to identify a device ID or individual responsible for a cyber attack or malware based on the origin of a network packet.
Chris Vickery
Chris Vickery
November 24, 2020

Third-Party Risk Management

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What is Fourth Party Risk?
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What is Fourth Party Risk?

You've heard about fourth-party risk but don't know how it differs from third-party risk. Here's a situation that describes how managing fourth-party risk
Kaushik Sen
Kaushik Sen
October 19, 2020
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Spotify Resets User Passwords to Protect Against Third Party Data Breaches
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Spotify Resets User Passwords to Protect Against Third Party Data Breaches

The LinkedIn data breach compromised hundreds of thousands of passwords, leaving accounts wide open across numerous sites. Spotify took action.
UpGuard Team
UpGuard Team
October 19, 2020
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The History of Vendor Risk Scoring
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The History of Vendor Risk Scoring

Vendor risk scoring assigns vendors a single risk score– typically a number or letter grade– to facilitate comparison between vendors and portfolios.
UpGuard Team
UpGuard Team
October 19, 2020
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Planning Your Vendor Security Assessment Questionnaire [2020 Edition]
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Planning Your Vendor Security Assessment Questionnaire [2020 Edition]

Learn the 6 key steps to create effective vendor security assessment questionnaires in 2019, so you can better manage your vendor risk exposure.
UpGuard Team
UpGuard Team
October 19, 2020
All third-party risk management posts

Attack Surface Management

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Website Security: How to Protect Your Website Checklist
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Website Security: How to Protect Your Website Checklist

Before putting your website into production, be sure to complete the 13 steps in this checklist to protect against the most common hacks and exploits.
UpGuard Team
UpGuard Team
October 26, 2020
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What is SQL injection?
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What is SQL injection?

An SQL injection is a technique for the “injection” of SQL commands by attackers to access and manipulate databases.
Axel Sukianto
Axel Sukianto
October 26, 2020
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What Is an Attack Surface? + Tips to Reduce Your Attack Surface
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What Is an Attack Surface? + Tips to Reduce Your Attack Surface

This is a complete overview of attack surfaces. Learn how to reduce your digital, physical, and people attack surfaces in this in-depth post.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
October 22, 2020
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How to Improve MySQL Security: Top 11 Ways
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How to Improve MySQL Security: Top 11 Ways

Learn more about these 11 ways to harden the world's most popular open source database against cyber attackers.
UpGuard Team
UpGuard Team
October 20, 2020
All attack surface management posts

Cybersecurity

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The 50 Biggest Data Breaches [Updated for 2020]
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The 50 Biggest Data Breaches [Updated for 2020]

Our updated list for 2020 ranks the 50 biggest data breaches of all time, ranked by number of people impacted. Learn from their mistakes.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
November 24, 2020
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Is DDoSing illegal?
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Is DDoSing illegal?

A DDoS attack can be devasting to your online business. Read this post to learn how to defend yourself against this powerful threat.
Edward Kost
Edward Kost
November 24, 2020
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What is a Data Breach?
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What is a Data Breach?

A data breach is the intentional or unintentional release of secure or private/confidential information to an untrusted environment.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
November 24, 2020
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What Is IP Attribution, and Why Is It Doomed?
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What Is IP Attribution, and Why Is It Doomed?

IP attribution is the attempt to identify a device ID or individual responsible for a cyber attack or malware based on the origin of a network packet.
Chris Vickery
Chris Vickery
November 24, 2020
All cybersecurity posts

Compliance and Regulations

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HIPAA Privacy Rule Summary and Compliance Tips
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HIPAA Privacy Rule Summary and Compliance Tips

This is a complete overview of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Learn about what the Privacy Rule is and what you need to do to comply in this in-depth post.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
October 19, 2020
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Best Practices for Compliance Monitoring in Cybersecurity
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Best Practices for Compliance Monitoring in Cybersecurity

This is a complete overview of compliance monitoring best practices. Learn why compliance monitoring is required for many industries in this in-depth post.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
October 19, 2020
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What is the Cost of a Data Breach in 2020?
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What is the Cost of a Data Breach in 2020?

The global average cost of a data breach have grew by 12 percent in the last five years to $3.92 million.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
October 19, 2020
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What is Sensitive Data?
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What is Sensitive Data?

Sensitive data is information that must be protected against unauthorized access.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
October 19, 2020
All compliance and regulations posts

Data Breaches

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The 50 Biggest Data Breaches [Updated for 2020]
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The 50 Biggest Data Breaches [Updated for 2020]

Our updated list for 2020 ranks the 50 biggest data breaches of all time, ranked by number of people impacted. Learn from their mistakes.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
November 24, 2020
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What is a Data Breach?
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What is a Data Breach?

A data breach is the intentional or unintentional release of secure or private/confidential information to an untrusted environment.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
November 24, 2020
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What are Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)?
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What are Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)?

Indicators of compromise (IOCs) are pieces of forensic data, such as system log entries, system files or network traffic that identify malicious activity.
Abi Tyas Tunggal
Abi Tyas Tunggal
October 20, 2020
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The LastPass Vulnerability and the Future of Password Security
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The LastPass Vulnerability and the Future of Password Security

Password managers are convenient but easily compromised. Read more to learn what the future has in store for password security.
UpGuard Team
UpGuard Team
October 19, 2020
All data breaches posts

DevOps

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Docker vs VMWare: How Do They Stack Up?
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Docker vs VMWare: How Do They Stack Up?

Docker is generally faster and less resource-intensive than a full VMware virtualization, but VMWare still has benefits—namely, security and isolation.
UpGuard Team
UpGuard Team
October 22, 2020
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LXC vs Docker: Why Docker is Better
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LXC vs Docker: Why Docker is Better

LXC (LinuX Containers) is a OS-level virtualization technology and Docker is an extension of LXC’s capabilities achieved through a high-level API.
Mike Baukes
Mike Baukes
October 22, 2020
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Is CapitalOne's DevOps Dashboard Hygieia the Best?
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Is CapitalOne's DevOps Dashboard Hygieia the Best?

Capital One needed a unified dashboard for all its DevOps tools, so it built its own open source DevOps dashboard called Hygieia.
UpGuard Team
UpGuard Team
October 21, 2020
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Azure DevOps vs GitHub
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Azure DevOps vs GitHub

Learn about Azure DevOps and GitHub compare across ten categories in this in-depth post.
UpGuard Team
UpGuard Team
October 21, 2020
All DevOps posts
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