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Bitdefender Unifies Security and Compliance with GravityZone Compliance Manager

3 weeks ago | msspalert.com | Suparna Chawla Bhasin |Tim Freestone

Bitdefender has expanded its GravityZone platform with a new module, GravityZone Compliance Manager, designed to streamline regulatory compliance while maintaining strong endpoint protection. As organizations face growing pressure from regulations such as GDPR, DORA, NIS2, HIPAA, and PCI DSS, Bitdefender offers a unified approach that connects security telemetry, risk analytics, and compliance reporting in a single console.
Why the Security Perimeter Is Not Enough

3 weeks ago | darkreading.com | Tim Freestone

COMMENTARYAccording to Verizon Business' recently released "2025 Data Breach Investigations Report" (DBIR), third-party involvement in breaches has doubled in just one year. While every CISO should pay attention to this finding, it's not new. Security leaders encounter growing complexity, disappearing perimeters, and the same challenges over and over again. The question they need to address now is whether they are prepared to address third-party risks while relying on the same outdated models.
Security and Compliance Now Decide Who Makes the Vendor Shortlist

1 month ago | msspalert.com | Tim Freestone |Suparna Chawla Bhasin

Commentary: It's not just that attacks are rising, it's where they're landing. The systems we rely on to move sensitive data between vendors, partners, and teams are now prime targets. What we're seeing this year isn't background noise; it's a flashing warning sign that our approach to third-party security needs to evolve. Vendor risk isn't a box you check at onboarding, it's dynamic, and it's directly tied to broader business risk.
AI can expose manufacturing data to risk, so audit your implementations, third-party links

1 month ago | smartindustry.com | Tim Freestone

What you’ll learn:While 77% of manufacturers leverage AI for efficiency, these connections create a perfect storm of vulnerabilities targeted by attackers. Modern manufacturing operations generate and process data assets that extend far beyond traditional production metrics. The integration of AI into manufacturing operations fundamentally transforms existing security challenges into exponentially greater threats.
Cybersecurity and Tariffs: The Overlooked Risk at the Intersection of Trade and Data

2 months ago | globaltrademag.com | Tim Freestone

In the halls of policy debate, tariffs are typically viewed through an economic lens: a lever to protect domestic industries, balance trade deficits, or exert geopolitical pressure. But as global commerce becomes increasingly digital, there’s a critical dimension that often goes unexamined—how tariffs and trade policy shape the cybersecurity posture of global enterprises.
Role of Data Security in Global Trade Compliance

Mar 13, 2025 | globaltrademag.com | Tim Freestone

Data security has fundamentally transformed global trade compliance. As international commerce moves deeper into digital environments, organizations face dual imperatives that reshape their approach to cross-border transactions. Companies must simultaneously protect valuable information assets while navigating an increasingly complex matrix of regulations that govern both trade activities and data-handling practices.
HIPAA’s New Data Security Chapter: Transforming Healthcare Security in 2025

Mar 13, 2025 | securityinfowatch.com | Tim Freestone

Healthcare organizations face an unprecedented security crisis. Since 2018, the number of individuals affected by healthcare data breaches has nearly doubled—hitting 56 million last year. These breaches have evolved from isolated incidents into sophisticated, coordinated attacks threatening patient privacy and care delivery. The statistics paint a stark picture.
Securiti, Databricks Team Up to Protect Proprietary AI Training

Feb 27, 2025 | msspalert.com | Jeffrey Burt |Tim Freestone

Securiti and Databricks are partnering to tackle the complex challenge of ensuring the vast amounts of corporate data needed to build enterprise AI applications and agents are secure and comply with privacy regulations. Enterprise proprietary data is crucial for organizations that need AI tools that address their specific needs, but putting such data into AI systems fuels worries about it being exposed.
What Makes a 'Top' MSSP? 4 Simple Ways Your Managed Security Service Can Stand Out

Feb 26, 2025 | msspalert.com | Jeffrey Burt |Tim Freestone

Today, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are equally at risk of a cyberattack as larger companies, with nearly 40% of small businesses claiming they have experienced data loss as a result of a cyberattack in recent years. Threat actors target smaller organizations because they are often strapped for resources and lack an efficient cybersecurity infrastructure necessary to combat attacks like phishing, deepfakes, and ransomware.
Understanding and Managing Your Private Data Exposure GenAI Risks

Feb 26, 2025 | msspalert.com | Tim Freestone

COMMENTARY: Recent research from Harmonic reveals a critical security vulnerability in enterprise AI adoption: 8.5% of employee prompts to large language models contain sensitive corporate data. This finding, based on analysis of tens of thousands of prompts across platforms like ChatGPT and Claude, exposes substantial risks as organizations integrate AI tools into their daily operations.