SecurityScorecard has unveiled a comprehensive analysis of the FTSE 100’s cybersecurity landscape.
Using the world’s largest proprietary risk and threat intelligence dataset, the study reveals that 97% of the UK’s largest companies experienced breaches in their third-party ecosystems. Despite strong front-line defenses, adversaries target smaller vendors, emphasizing the importance of robust third-party risk management.
The UK leads in overall cybersecurity compared to its European counterparts, but ongoing vigilance and improvement in application and network security are crucial.
Many companies have increased the cyber protection of their “front doors” through measures such as firewalls, stronger passwords, and multi-factor identification. As a result, adversaries seek other ways to get it. Often, that means coming in through third-party vendors’ systems.
The new research spotlights why a company’s cybersecurity strength is directly linked to the…
