Articles on risk operations: cyber risk quantification, board reporting, cyber insurance, threat and vulnerability prioritization, and DigitalXForce X-ROC, the XForce Risk Operations Center.
A security operations center works on attacks as they happen, and a risk operations center works on the exposure behind them, ranked by business impact. This article compares the two centers and shows how DigitalXForce X-ROC runs the risk side.
Risk operations center vs security operations center Read More »
A risk operations center is an operating model for continuously measuring, prioritizing and reducing risk. This comparison sets DigitalXForce X-ROC beside Qualys and Brinqa, two vendors that describe one on their own pages, and compares all three on the five points a buyer can check in a demo.
Risk operations center vendors compared: DigitalXForce X-ROC, Qualys and Brinqa Read More »
A Security Operations Center catches attackers. It does not tell the board what the organization’s exposure is worth this week. This article explains why a Risk Operations Center is the missing layer and what X-ROC, the XForce Risk Operations Center, does.
One working day of a risk manager on DigitalXForce, hour by hour: the morning risk overview, the third-party review, the finance meeting on quantified risk and the committee pack, with the platform doing the collection.
A Day in the Life of a Risk Manager Using DigitalXForce Read More »
The days when cybersecurity could operate in a silo, away from the business, are long gone. Today, CISOs sit at the boardroom table—expected not just to protect data, but to articulate how cyber risk impacts revenue, operations, brand trust, and shareholder value. But that’s easier said than done. While most CISOs can describe CVEs,
CISOs Use DigitalXForce to Speak the Language of the Board Read More »
Zero-day vulnerabilities in CyberPanel, ProjectSend and Zyxel devices were exploited before patches existed. This article assesses what they show about organizational defenses and how to reduce exposure.
A Critical Assessment of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Threatening Organizational Defenses Read More »
When a breach happens the CISO is often the one who leaves. This article argues for redefining accountability across the executive team in 2024 and explains what shared ownership looks like.
CISO Scapegoating: Redefining CXO Accountability in 2024 Read More »
CVSS 4.0 changes how vulnerability severity is scored. This article explains the new metrics, what changed from version 3.1 and how to use the score in risk prioritization.
Cyber insurance policies carry gaps and exclusions that surface at claim time. This article explains the common ones and how a business limits them with evidence of controls.
Risks of Cyber Insurance Coverage Gaps and Limiting Potential Exclusions Read More »
Qualitative risk ratings cannot support a budget decision. This article explains how DigitalXForce moves cyber risk modeling to quantified values a board and an insurer can use.
Moving From Qualitative to Quantitative Cyber Risk Modeling With DigitalXForce Read More »
