Cyber-attacks leveraging third-party vulnerabilities are on the rise, according to a new SecurityScorecard report. The cyber risk assessment provider released its 2025 Global Third-Party Breach Report on March 26. In the report, SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE Threat Intelligence Unit analyzed 1000 cyber breaches across industries and regions in 2024. It found that 35.5% of breaches were third-party related, up from 29% the previous year, representing a 6.5% increase. Additionally, third-party breaches accounted for 41.4% of ransomware attacks in…

With emerging technologies like Gen-AI keeping organizations in a flurry of new implementations, a rapidly shifting CIO role, new innovations testing budgets and adaptability of organizations and increasing competition, a competent CIO is the ace that can change the game. And while growing slowly but surely, the league of women CIOs in technology cannot be overlooked. Working on long-term milestones while balancing everyday obstacles, embracing the learning curve while becoming a sought-after business leader, and…

  Welcome to our podcast series, Coffee with the Council. I’m Alicia Malone, Director of Communications and Public Relations for the PCI Security Standards Council. As many of our listeners are aware, we are quickly approaching the deadline to adopt the future-dated requirements of PCI DSS version 4.0.1 on March 31st, 2025. Over the course of the last year, the Council has received feedback that more guidance was needed to properly implement some of the…

Artificial intelligence has emerged as a game-changing force, with record amounts of funding fueling new innovations that are transforming industries and workflows at speeds we have never seen before. According to data from Crunchbase, in February 2024, AI companies received $4.7 billion in venture funding. That’s more than double the $2.1 billion invested in February 2023. It’s money like this is fueling innovations that are being adopted at record speeds. Take code copilots as an example….