The factors that pose risks to companies are constantly changing. Clinging to a single defense strategy can be counterproductive, as this strategy can quickly become outdated and ineffective. As a managed service provider (MSP), you may have found that your customers are unwilling to consider new cybersecurity tools unless there is a problem, or they aren’t satisfied with their existing solution.

Safeguarding your own personal digital ecosystem is your responsibility. However, the effectiveness of your organization’s cybersecurity measures heavily relies on the collective efforts of every member in your organization. Inspired by the Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CSAM), it serves as a reminder that individual choices can significantly impact overall cybersecurity.

This past month, we released our new suite of tools leveraging the latest in AI and LLMs, Vanta AI, role-based access control (RBAC), 34 new integrations (bringing the total number of integrations shipped in 2023 to over 200!) and more: ‍ ‍

Today we announced Vanta AI, our suite of AI-powered tools to accelerate and simplify security and compliance workflows. With Vanta AI, tasks that were previously impossible to automate can now be performed reliably in minutes, enabling security and compliance teams to prove trust and manage risk more efficiently and confidently than ever before. ‍ From the start, Vanta has been on a mission to secure the internet and protect consumer data.

In 2022, a German security researcher disclosed that he had gained remote control of over 25 electric vehicles. In doing so, he was able to access numerous onboard features of these vehicles such as querying the vehicle location, disabling security features, unlocking doors, and starting the engine. The security flaw that allowed this break was not with the vehicle’s system itself, but presented by an open source companion application.

Organizations utilize hundreds, sometimes thousands, of vendors to handle their day-to-day production, workflow, and business processes. With this many vendors, it’s easy for details to fall through the cracks and miscommunication to occur. Organizations often turn to vendor management systems to help manage multiple vendor relationships throughout a vendor lifecycle.

Safeguarding an organization’s virtual realms has never been more important. Today, connectivity and data are the new currency. Yet, as technology advances, so do the malicious actors and their methods, constantly devising more unique and covert ways to breach defenses. Herein lies the role of detection engineering. Acting as the digital watchtower for organizations, detection engineering responds to known threats and continuously scans the horizon for the slightest hint of a potential breach.