Today you’ll notice our new logo and typography. We’ve introduced a minimalist approach and opened up spacing within the letters to help with legibility and visual continuity. Our mission as a company is to help teams quickly and painlessly meet data security requirements with high confidence. Our goal is to align that mission with our user's entire experience, from day one.

The concept of ratings has been the accepted standard for making investment decisions. The first commercial credit reporting agency, the Mercantile Agency, was founded in 1841. While this relied on largely subjective methods of evaluation, it wasn’t until the 1960s, when credit reporting became computerized, that the industry consolidated and took off. Since then, credit and financial ratings models have progressed to become objective and trustworthy data points that inform lending decisions.

In an era of escalating financial crimes, the spotlight shines brightly on the rising concerns in the realm of cybersecurity. According to a recent survey, a staggering 68% of UK risk experts anticipate a surge in financial crime risks over the next year. These apprehensions echo globally, with 69% of executives and risk professionals worldwide foreseeing an upswing in financial crime risks, predominantly fueled by cybersecurity threats and data breaches.

We’re happy to announce the open beta availability of Snyk’s new Risk Score! Replacing the existing Priority Score, the new Risk Score was designed to help you prioritize more effectively by providing you with an accurate and holistic understanding of the risk posed by a given security issue.

Governor Kathy Hochul recently unveiled New York’s first-ever state-wide cybersecurity strategy, intended to protect the state’s digital systems and infrastructure from the ever-growing presence of cyber threats.

Today, electricity is so ubiquitous that it’s difficult to perform even basic tasks without it. But when electricity was first introduced, it took decades for broad acceptance and adoption because it was misunderstood and misused. Slowly, the benefits began to outweigh the cons. As with any innovation, there are setbacks, but electricity has overwhelmingly been a force for good. The same can be said about cybersecurity risk ratings. Are they perfect? No.

Businesses face risk all the time – and that’s OK. Even though the word “risk” typically has negative connotations, the term can actually represent many situations, not all of them unfavorable. ISO 31000 states that risk is the “effect of uncertainty on objectives.” That actually means risk can come in two types: positive and negative.

Customers often tell us of instances where someone in their team spins up a new machine that isn’t using an approved geolocation, or that they see an unexpected spike in hosting from a particular country. These anomalies can put an organization at risk, especially since they are difficult to spot in an automated way.

2023 is a year of “digital forest fires.” The MOVEit and the Barracuda Networks’ email supply chain attacks underscore the massive butterfly effect a single software flaw can have on the threat landscape. Supply chain attacks spread like a forest fire. Once cybercriminals compromise widely used software, attackers gain access to potentially all organizations that use that software.

IT risk assessments are vital for cybersecurity and information security risk management in every organization today. By identifying threats to your IT systems, data and other resources and understanding their potential business impacts, you can prioritize your mitigation efforts to avoid costly business disruptions, data breaches, compliance penalties and other damage.

The recent rise of ransomware, attacks on supply chains and increasing costliness of privacy regulations has made cyber insurance an important topic of discussion. But it can be tricky to keep up with cyber insurance requirements. One of the most robust ways to meet those requirements is with multi-factor authentication (MFA).