Tag: risk-assessment
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HIPAA Risk Assessments 2026: Continuum GRC Healthcare Audits
In 2026, healthcare organizations face increasing pressure to maintain robust data protection measures under evolving regulatory landscapes. HIPAA risk assessments remain a cornerstone of compliance, helping providers identify vulnerabilities and safeguard protected health information. As cyber threats grow more sophisticated, proactive compliance assessments become essential for decision-makers seeking to minimize liability and ensure operational resilience.”¦…
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How Much Does HITRUST Certification Cost?
HITRUST certification cost is one of the most consistently underestimated line items in HealthTech compliance budgeting, largely because it gets lumped in mentally with a HIPAA risk assessment when the two are very different scopes of work. The post How Much Does HITRUST Certification Cost? appeared first on Packet33. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to…
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BSidesCharm 2026 BSidesCharm 2026 Illuminating Shadow Al: An Open-Source Tool For CustomGPT Risk Assessment
Presenter: Sharon Shama Our thanks to BSidesCharm for publishing their Creators, Authors and Presenter’s outstanding BSidesCharm 2026 content on the Organizations’ YouTube Channel. Permalink First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/08/bsidescharm-2026-bsidescharm-2026-illuminating-shadow-al-an-open-source-tool-for-customgpt-risk-assessment/
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Anthropic details new AI model, raises risk assessment for internal system tampering
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/anthropic-details-new-ai-model-raises-risk-assessment-for-internal-system-tampering
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What Is Cyber Security Risk Assessment? A Complete Guide (2026)
A cyber security risk assessment is a structured process for identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing the risks to an organization’s information systems, data, and operations. It works by pairing each threat and vulnerability with the likelihood it will be exploited and the business impact if it is”, so leaders can decide which risks to fix, transfer,…
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Defending Water OT with AZT PROTECT – ARIA Cybersecurity
<div cla The threat landscape for municipal water systems has never been more perilous, and the regulatory spotlight has never been brighter. A flurry of attacks has taken over the news: in some cases, ransomware-based attacks cripple water production and in other cases controls on individual unprotected PLCs are being suddenly accessed by bad actors…
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Backslash Introduces Agentic Fabric Graph for Endpoint AI Risk
Backslash Security has introduced the Agentic Fabric Graph, a visual risk assessment capability for mapping AI agents and related components across employee workstations and laptops. The graph maps agents, skills, Model Context Protocol servers, connectors and other parts of what Backslash calls the agentic fabric. Security teams can filter the map for unapproved models, excessive..…
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UK Sees Data Infrastructure, Water System Cyberattack Risks
National Risk Assessment Cites CrowdStrike Lessons Learned, Hybrid Warfare Risks. The British government’s latest national security risk register sees a rising threat posed by cyberattacks disrupting operational technology in more critical national infrastructure sectors, and cites the CrowdStrike outage in digital resilience failure lessons to be learned. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/uk-sees-data-infrastructure-water-system-cyberattack-risks-a-32239
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Self-harm and cyberflashing added to online safety offences list
The Online Safety Act has been updated to include ‘self-harm’ and ‘cyberflashing’ as ‘priority offences’, meaning online service providers will need to update their risk assessments of both categories First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366645166/Self-harm-and-cyberflashing-added-to-online-safety-offences-list
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Third-Party Risk Management Needs to Evolve
Annual vendor risk assessments are no longer enough as AI, cloud services, and fourth-party ecosystems rapidly expand risk exposure. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/third-party-risk-management-needs-to-evolve/
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Microsoft Open-Sources RAMPART and Clarity to Secure AI Agents During Development
Microsoft has unveiled two new open-source tools called RAMPART and Clarity to assist developers in better testing the security of artificial intelligence (AI) agents.RAMPART, short for Risk Assessment and Measurement Platform for Agentic Red Teaming, functions as a Pytest-native safety and security testing framework for writing and running safety and security tests for AI agents,…
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EU’s Cyber Resiliency Act will put IT leaders to the test
Tags: access, attack, cio, cyber, cybersecurity, data, encryption, exploit, firewall, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, kubernetes, law, malicious, mitigation, open-source, password, programming, regulation, risk, risk-assessment, router, sbom, software, supply-chain, tool, update, vpn, vulnerabilityProduct safety: The CRA says digital products have to be secure by design and default, and can’t ship with known vulnerabilities like obvious default passwords that can be exploited. They also must be updatable if such vulnerabilities are found later, as well as minimize their impact by limiting the attack surface and protecting confidentiality and…
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EU’s Cyber Resiliency Act will put IT leaders to the test
Tags: access, attack, cio, cyber, cybersecurity, data, encryption, exploit, firewall, Hardware, identity, infrastructure, Internet, kubernetes, law, malicious, mitigation, open-source, password, programming, regulation, risk, risk-assessment, router, sbom, software, supply-chain, tool, update, vpn, vulnerabilityProduct safety: The CRA says digital products have to be secure by design and default, and can’t ship with known vulnerabilities like obvious default passwords that can be exploited. They also must be updatable if such vulnerabilities are found later, as well as minimize their impact by limiting the attack surface and protecting confidentiality and…
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CISOs reshape their roles as business risk strategists
Tags: ai, business, chatgpt, ciso, compliance, cyber, cybersecurity, data, finance, jobs, mitigation, risk, risk-assessment, skills, strategy, technology, toolEvolving risks require a new CISO leadership profile: The shift to CISO as a risk position, and not one limited to technical and cybersecurity alone, has been years in the making. But it has accelerated since the arrival of ChatGPT in late 2022, as organizations embraced first generative AI and more recently agentic AI. That’s…
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Simplify Your Approach to Securing OT Networks
Why OT Security Comes Down to Risk Tolerance, Not Perfect Defense Securing OT networks isn’t about eliminating risk. It’s about managing it strategically. Learn how a three-pillar framework of risk assessment, tolerance and acceptance, paired with a phased approach to microsegmentation, can turn an overwhelming challenge into a manageable journey. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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California Gets Serious About Regulation (Again)
California’s privacy regime has evolved. As of January 1, 2026, the CCPA/CPRA now mandates risk assessments, automated decision-making (AI) oversight, and independent cybersecurity audits. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/03/california-gets-serious-about-regulation-again/
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The espionage reality: Your infrastructure is already in the collection path
Tags: access, apt, attack, authentication, breach, ciso, cloud, country, cyber, data, detection, espionage, exploit, governance, government, group, identity, infrastructure, injection, insurance, intelligence, network, risk, risk-assessment, service, spyware, theft, threat, toolCommercial spyware as an intelligence channel: Criminal operators deploying Predator, a spyware suite sold by the sanctioned Intellexa consortium, have been documented across more than a dozen countries. US sanctions haven’t slowed them down an iota. Their targets are not random: journalists, activists, politicians, human”‘rights defenders, government employees and contractors, and other high”‘value individuals. Why?…
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The espionage reality: Your infrastructure is already in the collection path
Tags: access, apt, attack, authentication, breach, ciso, cloud, country, cyber, data, detection, espionage, exploit, governance, government, group, identity, infrastructure, injection, insurance, intelligence, network, risk, risk-assessment, service, spyware, theft, threat, toolCommercial spyware as an intelligence channel: Criminal operators deploying Predator, a spyware suite sold by the sanctioned Intellexa consortium, have been documented across more than a dozen countries. US sanctions haven’t slowed them down an iota. Their targets are not random: journalists, activists, politicians, human”‘rights defenders, government employees and contractors, and other high”‘value individuals. Why?…
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NY Sets ‘FirstNation’ Cyber Mandates for Water Sector
Program Offers Up to $100K for Security Upgrades and $50K for Assessments. New York is rolling out new cybersecurity regulations for water and wastewater utilities, requiring operators to conduct risk assessments and deploy security controls while offering $2.5 million in grants to strengthen defenses against rising cyberthreats targeting critical infrastructure. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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A 5-step approach to taming shadow AI
Tags: ai, api, business, communications, compliance, control, data, defense, finance, framework, governance, incident response, monitoring, network, nist, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, service, strategy, technology, toolthought work happened and how it actually does today.Here’s a five-step approach to put a robust AI-risk management framework in place: Employees often use public model APIs, browser-based prompt tools and unsanctioned or ungoverned internal chatbots to boost productivity without considering the risk of exposing sensitive data.AI usage is not difficult to identify; you just need…
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MIND is the first data security company to achieve ISO 42001 certification
Tags: ai, automation, breach, control, data, framework, governance, incident response, international, monitoring, organized, risk, risk-assessment, toolAI is embedded in security tools across the enterprise. MIND is the first data security company to answer how their AI is governed, audited and held accountable. The AI tools built into your security stack are making decisions at a scale no human team can match. They’re classifying data, scoring risk, triggering enforcement and shaping…
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5 Actions Critical for Cybersecurity Leadership During International Conflicts
Tags: attack, backup, business, cloud, corporate, cyber, cybersecurity, data, exploit, government, incident response, infrastructure, international, iran, middle-east, military, network, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, russia, saas, service, supply-chain, technology, threat, ukraine, update, vulnerability, warfareThe recent military attacks involving Iran in the Middle East are a stark reminder that cybersecurity leadership must continually incorporate geopolitical risk into their enterprise cyber risk posture and preparedness. Every crisis that elevates to military engagements between cyber-active participants, changes the risk landscape of businesses, for people, operations, and data. This includes the…
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The Top 5 Questions: How DSPM Illuminates the Murky World of Multi-Cloud Data Security
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, breach, cloud, compliance, computing, container, control, corporate, cryptography, cyber, data, data-breach, detection, encryption, exploit, firewall, intelligence, mitigation, monitoring, PCI, resilience, risk, risk-assessment, service, software, strategy, tactics, threat, tool, vulnerabilityThe Top 5 Questions: How DSPM Illuminates the Murky World of Multi-Cloud Data Security andrew.gertz@t“¦ Thu, 03/05/2026 – 16:09 Multi-cloud data security threats are escalating at an unprecedented rate. According to Forrester and the 2025 Thales Global Cloud Data Security Study, the primary drivers of multi-cloud risks are: growing complexity, insufficient access controls, and the…
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What to Expect from Iran’s Digital Counterstrike
Tags: attack, breach, cloud, communications, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, defense, espionage, exploit, extortion, finance, government, group, hacking, infrastructure, intelligence, international, iran, leak, middle-east, military, network, ransomware, risk, risk-assessment, service, tool, update, vulnerability, wormAfter the United States and Israel began a bombing campaign on Iran, leading to the decapitation of its political and military leaders, the Middle East has erupted into waves of kinetic warfare. But what should we expect about cyber? Iran has a formidable offensive cybersecurity capability and is considered one of the four most aggressive…
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Building a risk-based data sanitization strategy: When to use Cryptographic erasure vs. physical destruction
Build your strategy on risk assessment, not on assumptions that one size ï¬ts all. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/spons/building-a-risk-based-data-sanitization-strategy-when-to-use-cryptographic/812586/
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The 2026 CISO Mandate: Proactive, Passwordless, and Context-Aware Identity Assurance
<div cla In our opinion, Gartner’s 2026 research reflects this broader evolution. Identity has expanded beyond perimeter controls and point-in-time authentication to encompass verification of the human, contextual risk assessment, and automated trust decisions. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/the-2026-ciso-mandate-proactive-passwordless-and-context-aware-identity-assurance/
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How to Maximize DDoS Readiness with Proactive Protection Strategies
Strengthen DDoS Readiness with proactive protection strategies, risk assessments, traffic monitoring, scalable defenses, and rapid response planning. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/maximize-ddos-readiness-proactive-protection-strategies/