Insights
The cyber landscape never stops shifting – and neither should your perspective. Our Insights bring you expert commentary, thought leadership and practical guidance on the issues shaping the alternative investments sector. Stay ahead of regulators, satisfy investors, and strengthen your resilience with analysis from the team that knows your world best.
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Service Spotlight: Penetration Testing with Drawbridge
It is imperative that a firm knows what they are up against in the event of a breach. To help with this, Drawbridge’s dedicated cybersecurity team emphasizes the testing of your preventative technologies. To accomplish this, Drawbridge makes use of penetration testing to best gauge a firms’ vulnerabilities. A penetration test is a simulated cyber-attack on your…
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Service Spotlight: Cybersecurity Program Management from Drawbridge
Cyber attacks and other digital risks continuously threaten every aspect of the security of your business, including business continuity, operational resilience, revenue, brand and reputation, and customer relationships. In order to protect the interests of your clients, partners, investors and vendors, your firm must have a comprehensive cyber program in place, no matter what type…
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Protect your Family Office with Drawbridge Cybersecurity
With recent developments in cyber threats, it can be hard for single and multifamily office investors to continuously ensure the security of themselves and their counterparts. They are faced with complex cybersecurity threats within their firms and the investments in which they provide their information and capital. Without the right solutions to monitor cyber risk,…
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Service Spotlight: Office 365 Assessment and Security from Drawbridge
Microsoft Office 365 can be an imperative tool to your business and the efficiency at which you run it. Many businesses rely on its features, such as its OneDrive cloud storage, easy installation on numerous devices, and the latest versions of Office apps. If you’re one of the businesses that use Office 365, you might…
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Market Spotlight: Protect your Private Equity Firm from Cyber Threats with Drawbridge
An industry as complex as private equity requires solutions that are specifically built for the unique needs of this industry. Leaders of private equity firms must be able to understand the cyber risks that pose a threat specifically to the private equity industry. At Drawbridge, we are equipped with the tools and expertise to help you…
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Service Spotlight: Protect Your Firm With Drawbridge Vendor Due Diligence
Third-party relationships have become a growing threat. Still, many organizations lack a sufficient vendor due diligence program to manage and monitor their vendors’ cybersecurity programs At Drawbridge, we work to ensure that your third-party vendor cybersecurity practices are being done carefully with your protection in mind, and meet the industry requirements to identify data risks that…
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Market Spotlight: Securing Hedge Funds with Drawbridge
If your business offers any type of financial service, you face the threat of potential cyber attacks and other digital threats. Hedge funds are one of those services at risk. Hedge funds can be attacked through a variety of ways, such as phishing, spear-phishing, ransomware, and more. Hedge fund managers are prime targets for cyber…
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Service Spotlight: Protect your Firm with Drawbridge Vulnerability Management
Leaving your business even slightly vulnerable can give way to cyber attackers to wreak havoc on your company. Ensuring your company’s protection and security by seeking out and closing up vulnerable points of your business is pivotal to the long-term success of your business. At Drawbridge, we dedicate ourselves to helping firms defend against and address…
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Remote Working: Securing Devices and Protecting Valuable Data
More than 7 months ago, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Since then, many of us have made changes to our lifestyle, the way we live and work. As we all try to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus, remote working has become normalised, and a necessity for many businesses. However, with…
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Availability – The Forgotten Stepchild of Cybersecurity
On an early Monday in the lock-down process for the UK, many companies settled their staff into the comfort of their homes and logged into Corporate services to test their networks. Some of those using collaboration tools from Office365 were greeted with the message “We’re investigating problems in Microsoft Teams…”. A truly unfortunate start to…
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Returning to the Office as Pandemic Restrictions Ease
With many of the COVID-19-related restrictions easing up around the country, returning to the office will come with its own set of security-related challenges. In addition to using the Drawbridge Platform, the items below should be considered as you plan to return the firm to business as usual: Machines that have been off for a prolonged period…
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Cybersecurity Q&A: ‘At the moment it’s an afterthought’
Originally Published in Private Funds CFO. Three financial cybersecurity experts talk about data sharing, phishing and how to protect a private equity firm from cyber attacks. Cybersecurity is a growing concern in the private equity sphere, both at the management and portfolio levels. But how can firms protect themselves, and what should they be looking out…
