Articles under this tag examine how organizations assess, monitor, and mitigate risks introduced by third-party vendors. Topics include vendor due diligence frameworks, contract security requirements, continuous monitoring practices, and strategies for building a resilient supply chain.
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The Breach That Didn't Start With You In 2023, the MOVEit Transfer vulnerability didn't just hit Progress Software. It cascaded through thousands of organizations — government agencies, banks, healthcare systems — because those organizations trusted a single vendor's file transfer tool. Over 2,600 organizations and
The $350 Million Wake-Up Call Nobody Expected When Verizon acquired Yahoo in 2017, a previously undisclosed breach affecting 3 billion accounts forced the deal price down by $350 million. That single failure of cybersecurity due diligence became the most expensive cautionary tale in M&A history — and it permanently
The Breach That Didn't Start With You In 2023, the MOVEit Transfer vulnerability compromised over 2,600 organizations and exposed the data of more than 77 million individuals — not because those organizations had weak security, but because a single vendor did. Companies like Ernst & Young, the BBC,
