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: 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…
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How Private Equity Firms Can Mitigate Portfolio Company Cybersecurity Risk
Driven by investors’ demands and regulatory expectations, private equity firms have made significant progress in protecting their data. However, many of their portfolio companies don’t have those same incentives and have not put the same level of cybersecurity protections in place. In a guest article, Jason Elmer, the managing partner at Drawbridge, explains how firms…
