RiskXchange can ensure organisations across America and around the world are FISMA compliant. The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) is a federal law passed in the United States in 2002 that outlines an information security framework for government agencies and their third-party vendors to follow. The aim of the act is to ensure that information security is a high priority for … Read More
Smart cities and cyber risk management: are we there yet?
As urban cities continue to increase in population, many are becoming ‘smart cities’ through digital transformation. This transformation intends to make resident lives more convenient, governance more effective, and resource consumption more efficient. Smart cities are also increasing economic efficiency, reducing public expenditure, and decreasing environmental output. They are, therefore, a very necessary model for the resource-strapped future we’re facing. … Read More
How vulnerabilities like Zerologon can impact your cyber risk ratings
Vulnerabilities like Zerologon are not a problem for RiskXchange. The Zerologon (CVE-2020-1472) vulnerability was recently identified by the National Security Agency (NSA) as one of the top 25 vulnerabilities being exploited by Chinese state-sponsored actors to hack organisations all over the world. RiskXchange advises businesses globally to act immediately to protect their assets against Zerologon. Whether it is your organisation, or the … Read More
Peer comparisons of cyber risk ratings: how they support your firm’s cyber assessment processes
An important part of your security processes involves assessing the effectiveness of your organisation’s policies and tools to make sure you’re staying ahead of the curve. To gain insight into your cybersecurity performance, you need clear, continuous, and actionable metrics that you can track over time and compare against your peers and competitors. Comparing and quantifying your cybersecurity posture against … Read More
Understanding attack surfaces and how they influence your cybersecurity posture
RiskXchange has developed an innovative way to reduce an attack surface and allow organisations to manage them at the same time. The attack surface of your organisation is the number of attack vectors that could be used to gain entry to launch a cyberattack or gain unauthorised access to private and sensitive data. This could include vulnerabilities in your staffing, network, physical or software environments. In … Read More
Top Digital Supply Chain Risk Management Strategies
RiskXchange provides a unique 360-degree cybersecurity risk rating management approach. Organisations are constantly in a state of digital transformation and the switch to cloud services has thrown up a whole host of cyber risk factors. Cyber risk is very similar to health risk in the sense that the more vendors you come into contact with the greater the risk to … Read More