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Report: Shadow AI Poses an Increasing Risk to Organizations

The use of “shadow AI” is an increasing security risk within organizations, according to a new report from Netskope. Shadow AI is a newer variant of shadow IT, in which employees use unauthorized technology without the knowledge of the IT department. This is generally driven by a desire for increased productivity rather than malicious motives, but employees are often unaware of the risks introduced by unauthorized tools.

Why Growing Tech Startups Keep Running Into Unexpected Expenses

You're probably across your burn rate, runway, and core operational costs. You've got projections, maybe even a part-time CFO. But if you're in the middle of growing a tech startup, there's a good chance you'll still run into expenses that weren't on your radar. It's not that you missed something obvious. It's just that building and scaling a tech business creates financial friction in places you don't expect until you're right in the middle of it.

Vanta Delivers: New AI-powered Capabilities to Help Security Teams Move Beyond Reactive Risk

AI-powered workflows and Vanta AI Agent extend to policy management, enterprise risk oversight, vendor monitoring, and Slack collaboration. Product announcements and demos debut at Vanta Delivers: AI-Powered Risk Management virtual event September 10.
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Machines, the Silent Threat Lurking Inside the Enterprise

The digital enterprise is no longer primarily made up of individuals' identities. According to Gartner, over 60% of all identities in a typical organization are non-human. These Non-Human Identities (NHIs) are digital identities assigned to software, services, applications, containers, or devices that require access to systems and data. Unlike human identities, NHIs operate autonomously, at scale, and often with high privilege. This makes them essential for modern automation and uniquely vulnerable to misuse.

Patch vs. Workaround: How CVEs Actually Get Fixed

In order to collect various security-related metrics, Bitsight scans the entire internet, collecting a unique set of data that enables us to carry out a variety of studies that would be extremely difficult for any other company to conduct. One of the metrics that we collect is related to the presence of certain vulnerabilities. For this, we need to take into consideration all possible mitigation strategies that are available and that allow us to reduce the risk.

Introducing UpGuard's Unified CRPM Platform

Cybersecurity isn’t a one-off battle. It’s a daily war fought on multiple fronts. Despite this, many security teams have been defending their organizations without cohesive visibility. Isolated security tools present a disjointed defense, one that is still fighting yesterday’s battles, but not today’s cyber threats.

AI Regulations and Frameworks: Preparing for Compliance and Resilience

‍Artificial intelligence (AI) has departed from the realm of science fiction and emerged as a very real, regular part of life, increasing efficiency across a number of everyday activities. Particularly in the marketplace, where process optimization directly equates to time and money, general-purpose AI (GenAI) and other AI systems have rapidly taken on a central role.

Less ransomware, same risk. How can it be prevented?

Just because ransomware attacks have decreased doesn’t mean that the risk has disappeared. Indeed, it remains one of the most disruptive threats to any organisation. Headlines can convey a false sense of relief: Ransomware attacks are down 15%, according to Verizon's latest DBIR report. But for those of us who work in cybersecurity, we know that this doesn't tell the whole story, especially when the real issue isn't how often an attack occurs, but what happens when it does.