Home Resources More Than Half of 300 SMB Defense Contractors Showed Critical Vulnerabilities to Ransomware More Than Half of 300 SMB Defense Contractors Showed Critical Vulnerabilities to Ransomware Defense companies face the same opportunistic cyber threats of any business – especially ransomware – but also the additional pressures from persistent, sophisticated foreign actors involved in espionage and the theft of vital intellectual property. To help create a path toward a vibrant, secure Defense Industrial Base, BlueVoyant has partnered with Professor Steven Melnyk and his team at Michigan State University (the No. 1-ranked academic supply chain management program). We analyzed hundreds of defense contractors to identify clear patterns, as well as the steps needed to improve their security posture. The Report’s key findings: 100% large R&D companies displayed network vulnerabilities, with 66% also showing evidence of targeting 28% of SMB defense contractors fall short of basic, tier-1 CMMC requirement Patterns that predict cyber risk in the Defense Industrial Base Expert insight into the marketplace Recommended actions to improve the security posture of the whole Defense Industrial Base Related reading Managed Sentinel Microsoft 365 Compliance Center Design Diagram September 23, 2021 With M365 Compliance Center, Microsoft is tackling the GRC aspect of information security. Read more In the News Republican Governors Association Targeted in Exchange Attacks September 17, 2021 BlueVoyant’s Austin Berglas said China’s previous efforts to gather information on U.S. citizens included a couple other attacks. Read more Thought Leadership Cloud-Native Logging Architectures: Where the Multi-Use-Case ‘Single Pane of Glass’ Becomes Just Pain – and How to Avoid It September 13, 2021 Investing into a single pane of glass SIEM solution doesn’t have to be a “pain.” Learn how to avoid issues with the multi-use-case “single pane of glass.” Read more Recommended reading Whitepaper How to Build a Sustainable Cloud Security Strategy That Is Faster, Simpler, and More Dynamic Splunk is a best-of-breed SIEM with extensible analytics capabilities and it has a variety of hosting options. Learn more
Defense companies face the same opportunistic cyber threats of any business – especially ransomware – but also the additional pressures from persistent, sophisticated foreign actors involved in espionage and the theft of vital intellectual property. To help create a path toward a vibrant, secure Defense Industrial Base, BlueVoyant has partnered with Professor Steven Melnyk and his team at Michigan State University (the No. 1-ranked academic supply chain management program). We analyzed hundreds of defense contractors to identify clear patterns, as well as the steps needed to improve their security posture. The Report’s key findings: 100% large R&D companies displayed network vulnerabilities, with 66% also showing evidence of targeting 28% of SMB defense contractors fall short of basic, tier-1 CMMC requirement Patterns that predict cyber risk in the Defense Industrial Base Expert insight into the marketplace Recommended actions to improve the security posture of the whole Defense Industrial Base Related reading Managed Sentinel Microsoft 365 Compliance Center Design Diagram September 23, 2021 With M365 Compliance Center, Microsoft is tackling the GRC aspect of information security. Read more In the News Republican Governors Association Targeted in Exchange Attacks September 17, 2021 BlueVoyant’s Austin Berglas said China’s previous efforts to gather information on U.S. citizens included a couple other attacks. Read more Thought Leadership Cloud-Native Logging Architectures: Where the Multi-Use-Case ‘Single Pane of Glass’ Becomes Just Pain – and How to Avoid It September 13, 2021 Investing into a single pane of glass SIEM solution doesn’t have to be a “pain.” Learn how to avoid issues with the multi-use-case “single pane of glass.” Read more Recommended reading Whitepaper How to Build a Sustainable Cloud Security Strategy That Is Faster, Simpler, and More Dynamic Splunk is a best-of-breed SIEM with extensible analytics capabilities and it has a variety of hosting options. Learn more
Managed Sentinel Microsoft 365 Compliance Center Design Diagram September 23, 2021 With M365 Compliance Center, Microsoft is tackling the GRC aspect of information security. Read more
In the News Republican Governors Association Targeted in Exchange Attacks September 17, 2021 BlueVoyant’s Austin Berglas said China’s previous efforts to gather information on U.S. citizens included a couple other attacks. Read more
Thought Leadership Cloud-Native Logging Architectures: Where the Multi-Use-Case ‘Single Pane of Glass’ Becomes Just Pain – and How to Avoid It September 13, 2021 Investing into a single pane of glass SIEM solution doesn’t have to be a “pain.” Learn how to avoid issues with the multi-use-case “single pane of glass.” Read more
Whitepaper How to Build a Sustainable Cloud Security Strategy That Is Faster, Simpler, and More Dynamic Splunk is a best-of-breed SIEM with extensible analytics capabilities and it has a variety of hosting options. Learn more
