Operational Due Diligence (ODD)
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Market Spotlight: The Necessity of Cybersecurity for Venture Capital Firms
Investment firms of all types are at a risk for data breaches. In this modern era, firms are dealing with personal and financial information often at a digital level. Because of this, the risk for potential cyber-attacks increases, and the manner with which malicious parties attack these firms are in constant flux. Venture capital firms…
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Market Spotlight: Family Office Investor Cybersecurity with Drawbridge
Whether your family office investment firm is single or multifamily, complex cyberthreats are lurking around every corner. This is true of any firm handling private information and assets. It is your duty to have the right solutions in place to mitigate cybersecurity threats. Data breaches and cyberattacks of any kind can be damaging to a…
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Service Spotlight: The Rise in Data Breaches and Data Privacy
Throughout the global COVID-19 pandemic, there have been an increasing number of cyber-attacks and breaches occurring across numerous industries. These attacks may in part be due to the need for industries to adapt to an online landscape, but there have also been prevailing advances to the technologies that malicious parties use to conduct their attacks.…
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Service Spotlight: Portfolio Companies and Identifying Threats with Drawbridge
As noted by Drawbridge’s experienced cybersecurity team, portfolio companies and their Private Equity / Venture Capital owners find themselves at heightened risk for cybersecurity breaches of all kinds These cyber attacks, which are often costly and disruptive to business, are becoming more frequent in recent years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is important to…
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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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Kaseya Ransomware Update
Beginning on Friday, July 2nd, 2021, reports started to come in of a large-scale attack on the software used by 1000’s of Managed Service Providers and IT Teams. Kaseya is used by these teams to provide remote assistance to desktops, laptops, servers, and other endpoints. Kaseya VSA on-premise appears to be the sole product affected…
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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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Preparing your hedge fund for the modern cybercriminal
Originally Published in Alternatives Watch. The familiar adage that “every organization is a target” when it comes to cyberattacks, solidifies its place as an undeniable truth for companies in all industries each year. Spring has barely begun and we have already seen what could be one of the biggest cyberattacks of 2021. When thousands of companies…
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Enfusion Selects Drawbridge to Transform its Vendor Due Diligence Process
Enfusion to Continuously Monitor Third-Party Cybersecurity Risk with DrawbridgeConnect™ Drawbridge, a premier cybersecurity software and services firm specializing in the needs of hedge fund and private equity managers, today announced Enfusion, a leading provider of cloud-based investment management software and managed services, has selected Drawbridge to bolster its vendor due diligence process. Enfusion will deploy the…
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Cisco Alert – Four High-Severity Flaws Found
Cisco is urging customers to update small business switches, its DNA Center software, routers with its StarOS software, and its AnyConnect Secure Mobility VPN client for Windows. CVE-2020-3363: Cisco has disclosed a bug in the IPv6 packet processing engine of several Cisco Small Business Smart and Managed Switches that could allow a remote attacker without credentials…
