| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.11.2018 | BitSight Recognised as a Leader in Cybersecurity Rating Solutions report by Independent Research Firm | London, 14th November 2018 -- BitSight, the Standard in Security Ratings, today announced that it has been named a Leader in The Forrester New Wave™: Cybersecurity Risk Rating Solutions, Q4 2018 evaluation. BitSight believes its inclusion a... |
| 08.10.2018 | Garmin-owned navigation unit exposed thousands of boat owners’ data | Navionics, an electronic navigational chart maker owned by tech giant Garmin, has secured an exposed database that contained hundreds of thousands of customer records.
The MongoDB database wasn’t secured with a password, allowing anyone who... |
| 12.09.2018 | BitSight Unveils the Industry's First Cybersecurity Performance Planning and Analytics Solution | BitSight Forecasting Enables Organisations to Utilise Objective Data-Driven Insights for Optimal Resource Allocation to Reduce Risk
London, 12th September 2018 -- BitSight, the Standard in Security Ratings, today announced the availability ... |
| 05.09.2018 | New forecasting solution helps companies reduce cyber risk | The current feeling is that the chances of a company being hacked is a matter of when rather than if, but businesses continue to struggle with how to actually measure if their security solutions are working.
Security ratings company BitSigh... |
| 28.06.2018 | BitSight Raises $60 Million in Series D Funding Led by Warburg Pincus | BitSight, the Global Standard in Security Ratings, today announced that it has closed $60 million in Series D funding, bringing the company's total funding to $155 million. BitSight's Series D financing was led by Warburg Pincus, with parti... |
| 28.06.2018 | BitSight, a provider of security ratings, raises $60M at a valuation of around $600M | As the tech world continues to grapple with how best to deal with the growing issue of malicious hacking and other security breaches, a startup that has developed a ratings system to track how well businesses are faring has raised a large g... |
| 28.06.2018 | BitSight Picks Up $60M to Fend Off Rivals in Cybersecurity Ratings | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
BitSight Technologies is restocking its war chest to try and win the emerging market for cybersecurity ratings.
Today the Cambridge, MA-based tech company announced it raised ... |
| 28.06.2018 | BitSight Raises $60 Million in Series D Funding Led by Warburg Pincus | Investment Underscores Leadership Position in Rapidly Growing Security Ratings Market
London, UK. – 28th June, 2018 -- BitSight, the Global Standard in Security Ratings, today announced that it has closed $60 million in Series D funding, br... |
| 28.06.2018 | Cybersecurity Ratings Startup BitSight Raises $60M to Take on FICO | Boston-based cybersecurity ratings startup BitSight raised $60 million in Series D round led by private equity giant Warburg Pincus, with participation from existing investors including Menlo Ventures, GGV Capital and Singtel Innov8 with an... |
| 28.06.2018 | Security Ratings Company BitSight Raises $60M in Series D Funding | BitSight, a Cambridge, MA-based security ratings company, closed a $60m Series D funding.
The round, which brings total funding to $155m, was led by Warburg Pincus, with participation from existing investors Menlo Ventures, GGV Capital and ... |
| 28.06.2018 | BitSight Raises $60 Million in Series D Funding Led by Warburg Pincus | - |
| 28.06.2018 | BitSight Raises $60M in Series D | BitSight, the Global Standard in Security Ratings, announced that it has closed $60m in Series D funding, bringing the company’s total funding to $155m. BitSight’s Series D financing was led by Warburg Pincus, with participation from existi... |
| 12.06.2018 | Media and entertainment companies have riskier mobile apps | As the world increasingly turns to mobile devices to access the internet and conduct business, so firms are eager to put out their own apps.
But new research from security ratings company BitSight reveals that many companies may be rushing ... |
| 13.03.2018 | Independent Study Confirms Continuous Monitoring Gives Organisations Greater Control of Vendor Risk Management | 83 Percent of North American and European Organisations Find Continuous Monitoring to be Very to Extremely Valuable in Understanding Their Vendors’ Security Posture
LONDON, UK- 13th March, 2018- BitSight, the Standard in Security Ratings, t... |
| 15.02.2018 | Contractors pose cyber risk to government agencies | While US government agencies are continuing to improve their security performance over time, the contractors they employ are failing to meet the same standards according to a new report.
The study by security rankings specialist BitSight sa... |
| 19.01.2018 | Boston Tech Watch: ICO Crackdown, “Shark Tank” Startups & More | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
[Updated 1/19/18, 2:47 pm. See below.] This week in Boston tech, we’re tracking legal action against a so-called “initial coin offering,” hiring sprees, a pair of acquisitions... |
| 29.11.2017 | We’re hitting rock bottom in cyber — let’s do something | Jacob Olcott Contributor
Jake Olcott is VP of strategic partnerships at security ratings and risk assessment company BitSight. He’s the former legal advisor to the Senate Commerce Committee and counsel to the House of Representatives Homela... |
| 08.06.2017 | Outdated operating systems triple the risk of a data breach | The recent WannaCry attack has highlighted the dangers of running out of date and un-patched systems.
New research by security ratings company BitSight has released a new report showing that organizations with more than 50 percent of their ... |
| 01.06.2017 | Dell Leads $12M Investment in Security Assessments Firm RiskRecon | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
It’s hard enough for businesses and organizations to secure their own networks against cyber attackers. But with the rise of cloud computing and increased outsourcing of busin... |
| 07.04.2017 | New rating system measures national cyber security risk | Although governments need to secure their nation's critical infrastructure from cyber attack, they can often lack the context in which to assess risk.
Security ratings specialist BitSight is addressing this with the announcement of its Sove... |
| 13.02.2017 | Brian Cohen Joins BitSight as CFO | BitSight, the Standard in Security Ratings, today announced the appointment of three key hires that strengthen its executive team and support the company through its next stages of hyper-growth. In newly created positions, Brian Cohen joins... |
| 22.11.2016 | How AI will transform cybersecurity | Securing your digital assets is a clear need for any business and individual, whether you are looking to protect your personal photos, your company’s intellectual property, your customers’ sensitive data, or anything else that can harm your... |
| 28.10.2016 | Onshape Is Almost a Unicorn: This Year's Highest Startup Valuations in Mass. So Far | Onshape, the Cambridge cloud CAD startup led by former SolidWorks CEO John McEleney, is just $200 million shy from gaining the coveted (or not coveted?) "unicorn " status — that is, private companies that have a $1 billion valuati... |
| 21.09.2016 | Education and government suffer most from ransomware | The highest rates of ransomware are now found in the education and government sectors according to the findings of a new report from BitSight.
The report looks at how ransomware is impacting almost 20,000 companies in six major industries: ... |
| 15.09.2016 | BitSight Raises $40M Series C | BitSight, the standard in Security Ratings, today announced that it has closed $40 million in Series C financing, bringing BitSight's total cumulative funding to$95 million to date. Led by GGV Capital, BitSight's Series C round also include... |
| 15.09.2016 | The Inventor of the ‘Security Ratings’ Market Now Has a $60M M&A ‘War Chest’ | It’s not too often you hear from a startup that openly brags about the total money it has in the bank, but for BitSight’s new funding announcement, that’s exactly what the “security ratings” company is doing with its new $60 million cash ba... |
| 15.09.2016 | BitSight Nabs $40M as Cybersecurity Ratings Sector Picks Up Steam | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
BitSight Technologies wasn’t looking to raise more money from investors when GGV Capital came calling in April.
The cybersecurity ratings startup still had nearly $20 million ... |
| 15.09.2016 | Flybridge Capital Joins $40M Series C for BitSight | BitSight, the standard in Security Ratings, today announced that it has closed $40 million in Series C financing, bringing BitSight's total cumulative funding to$95 million to date. Led by GGV Capital, BitSight's Series C round also include... |
| 15.09.2016 | BitSight Raises $40M in Series C Funding | BitSight, a Cambridge, Mass.-based provider of a security ratings platform, closed a $40m Series C financing round.
The round was led by GGV Capital with participation from previous investors Flybridge Capital Partners, Globespan Capital Pa... |
| 15.09.2016 | BitSight raises $40 million to help companies rate partner firms’ cybersecurity credentials | Security ratings company BitSight has raised $40 million in a Series C round led by GGV Capital, with participation from Flybridge Capital Partners, Globespan Capital Partners, Menlo Ventures, Shaun McConnon, and the VC divisions of Comcast... |
| 15.09.2016 | Security startup BitSight scores big: a surprise $40M Series C | BitSight, a Cambridge-based cybersecurity ratings startup, received an unexpected surprise on Thursday: $40 million in funding.
According to the Boston Business Journal, BitSight executives weren’t in the market for investor funding, but th... |
| 13.06.2016 | Cyber insurance is changing the way we look at risk | Yoav Leitersdorf Contributor
Yoav Leitersdorf is the Silicon Valley-based Managing Partner at YL Ventures, where he accelerates cybersecurity startups in the U.S. market.
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A look back at the Israeli cybersecuri... |
| 06.06.2016 | BitSight Follows FICO Model as Cybersecurity Ratings Industry Grows | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
As cyber threats grow more complex and damaging, an independent rating that assesses the strength of a company’s defenses could become a new kind of currency in the business w... |
| 26.05.2016 | Brazil a major cyber security risk ahead of Olympics | There have been plenty of concerns in the news over Brazil's readiness to host this year's summer Olympics, ranging from the Zika virus and political unrest to poor ticket sales.
A new report from BitSight Technologies highlights cyber secu... |
| 29.02.2016 | Innovations In Cybersecurity At RSA 2016 | Mahendra Ramsinghani Contributor
Mahendra Ramsinghani founded Secure Octane Investments, which includes Demisto, CyberGRX and 16 other infrastructure and cybersecurity companies. Mahendra authored "The Business of Venture Capital"... |
| 17.02.2016 | Fourth party networks put enterprises at risk | We're all aware that sometimes data can be put at risk by third party systems belonging to suppliers. But a new report by security rating company BitSight looks further down the chain at vulnerabilities posed by fourth parties -- the subcon... |
| 17.12.2015 | P2P file sharing and its impact on business | When you think of peer-to-peer file sharing you probably bring to mind services like Kazaa and Limewire that were among the early sites allowing users to share media, or of more recent operations like Pirate Bay.
But while it's easy to thin... |
| 17.12.2015 | BitTorrent Spy Tool Aims to Reduce Company File-Sharing | Millions of people use BitTorrent networks every day to obtain and share all kinds of media, from the latest movies and TV shows to music and even research papers. The majority do so from the comfort of their own home but that’s not always ... |
| 22.09.2015 | Systems security in energy and utilities companies gives cause for concern | Security ratings specialist BitSight Technologies has released a new report highlighting the differences in security performance across industries from August 2014 to August 2015.
Having analyzed security ratings of nearly 10,000 organizati... |
| 20.08.2015 | How secure are professional services companies? | The number of high profile security breaches in recent years highlights the risk for individual organizations. But what about the risks that stem from other businesses in the supply chain?
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| 26.06.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
| 26.06.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Checkmarx takes in $84M
Insight Venture Partners invested $84 million in Checkmarx. The Israeli software security company an... |
| 25.06.2015 | BitSight Technologies Closes $23M in Series B Financing | BitSight Technologies, a Cambridge, MA-based Security Rating platform, closed $23m in Series B financing.
Backers included new investor Comcast Ventures and current investors Menlo Ventures, Globespan Capital Partners, Commonwealth Capital ... |
| 25.06.2015 | BitSight Technologies, Interview with CEO Shaun McConnon | BitSight Technologies, a Cambridge, MA-based Security Rating platform, just closed a $23m Series B financing round. In conjunction with the announcement, we had the opportunity to ask CEO Shaun McConnon some questions about himself, the com... |
| 25.06.2015 | Security ratings provider BitSight raises $23M | BitSight uses data to give companies a Security Rating, based on how likely they are to be breached
The massive Target security breach from a few years ago exposed two fundamental truths: many companies, even the biggest ones out there, are... |
| 25.06.2015 | Cybersecurity, DraftKings, OBJL, and 24M: A Boston Tech Roundup | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
In the run-up to summer, there have been a bunch of technology deals to catch up on around town. The news spans cybersecurity companies, business software, gaming, and energy—... |
| 25.06.2015 | Daily funding roundup - June 25, 2015 | Postmates landed $80M; Bitsight raised $23M; Celect nabbed $5M Postmates, a delivery platform, raised an $80 million funding round led by Tiger Global Management. A Postmates spokesperson also revealed to VatorNews that Slow Ventures partic... |
| 09.04.2015 | Botnets and how they're linked to corporate data breaches | Data breaches that result in the loss of large volumes of information continue to make the headlines. One of the ways companies can guard against attack is by understanding what makes them vulnerable.
Security ratings firm BitSight has perf... |
| 31.03.2015 | Big data analytics can prevent health care fraud. Here’s how | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Catching and preventing health care fraud is more... |
| 31.03.2015 | Big data analytics can prevent health care fraud. Here’s how | Catching and preventing health care fraud is more important than ever.
The industry has undergone massive transformations with breakthroughs like the adoption of online health records, remote patient care and data-driven care. While these c... |
| 03.03.2015 | Monitoring third-party security is a major concern for enterprises | A new study carried out by Forrester Research for security rating company BitSight Technologies reveals that third-party security has become a major concern for enterprises.
The results show that when it comes to tracking third-party risk, ... |
| 18.11.2014 | One third of retail security breaches come from third-party vulnerabilities | The past year has seen a number of high profile security breaches involving retail businesses and there’s no sign of the trend slowing down.
Security ratings company BitSight Technologies has released some new research looking at the perfor... |
| 21.10.2014 | Security ratings company BitSight acquires threat analytics service | Security ratings company BitSight Technologies just picked up a small Portugal-based threat intelligence company called AnubisNetworks.
AnubisNetworks determines what kind of malware is infecting a system and what the risks are to the overa... |
| 21.10.2014 | Security ratings company BitSight acquires threat analytics service | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Security ratings company BitSight Technologies ju... |
| 21.08.2014 | Universities fail to get to grips with cyber security | As thousands of students prepare to return to university over the next few weeks, new research by security ratings company BitSight shows that this is a busy time for hackers too.
The researchers found that Ivy League schools, for example, ... |
| 29.07.2014 | Post Target many retailers continue to leave data at risk | More than six months on from the Target breach hitting the headlines retailers are still not properly protecting their data according to risk management specialist BitSight.
Writing on the company's blog CTO and co-founder Stephen Boyer say... |
| 28.05.2014 | Report shows retail and healthcare sectors lagging behind in security | It's easy to assume that security threats hit all industry sectors equally. However, a new report by security data analysis specialists BitSight shows big differences in effectiveness and performance across four key industries.
The report l... |
| 05.06.2013 | BitSight Technologies Closes $24M Series A Financing | BitSight Technologies, a Cambridge, MA-based provider of innovative big data analytics for risk management, closed a $24m Series A round of financing.
Backers included Globespan Capital Partners, Menlo Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, ... |
| 05.06.2013 | How at risk for attack is your company? BitSight’s gets $24M to tell you | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
BitSight believes the best way to tell if your co... |
| 05.06.2013 | BitSight Technologies Closes $24M Series A |
CAMBRIDGE, MA, Provider of innovative big data analytics for risk management, today announced it has closed a $24 million Series A round.
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| 05.06.2013 | Boston Roundup: Affirmed Networks, BitSight, Mobiquity, Spark Capital | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
It’s suddenly a busy week for fundraising news around the Boston-area innovation scene, and it’s only half over:
—Affirmed Networks, an Acton, MA-based startup that sells soft... |
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BitSight, the Global Standard in Security Ratings, today announced that it has closed $60 million in Series D funding, bringing the company’s tota... |
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