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In 2016, there were more than 1,000 data breaches in the United States alone and more than 36 million records exposed, according to Statista. Given the prevalence of high profile breaches in 2017, last year was not any better. A... Keep Reading

Mike Rogers joined us here at SecurityScorecard in 2016 after building world-class channel operations as well as strategic alliances with leading cybersecurity and risk management companies. Mike brings more than 20 years of exper... Keep Reading

Ensuring everything is in place to protect cyber assets from those that wish to harm is a daunting task, even for the most seasoned cybersecurity team. The list of security controls that could be in implemented, or even more impor... Keep Reading

A disturbing upward trend in cybersecurity data breaches has been uncovered recently by multiple industry research sources. Some noteworthy data breach statistics include: A 70 percent increase in ransomware --a high impact atta... Keep Reading

SecurityScorecard is actively engaged to ensure our Security ratings align with the Principles for Fair & Accurate Security Ratings, published by the US Chamber of Commerce. As part of this effort we strive to educate the cybersec... Keep Reading

Our initiative with the US Chamber of Commerce to release the Principles for Fair and Accurate Security Ratings started with defining and publishing the principles, and now SecurityScorecard is fostering this initiative by continu... Keep Reading

What Are Meltdown and Spectre? Meltdown and Spectre are two different hardware vulnerabilities that seem difficult to separate from one another. A vulnerability is often what inherent flaws in system software code are called. H... Keep Reading

Some reading for your flight, train, or car ride as you head to your holiday festivities brought to you by the SecurityScorecard team: Tripwires detect potential data breaches. Security researchers released recent work they have d... Keep Reading

Hi. My name is Fouad Khalil. I’m the compliance guy at Security Scorecard. Just last week, I attended Black Hat Europe, and it was in London. I had the pleasure of engaging a lot of other security professionals, complianc... Keep Reading

“As security ratings continue to mature, more organizations in the public and private sectors leverage them in making business and risk decisions.”-- U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the Principles for Fair and Accurate Security Rating... Keep Reading