Security News > 2025 > May > 4.5% of breaches now extend to fourth parties

Security teams can no longer afford to treat third-party security as a compliance checkbox, according to SecurityScorecard. Traditional vendor risk assessments, conducted annually or quarterly, are too slow to detect active threats. 35.5% of all breaches in 2024 were third-party related, a 6.5% increase from 2023. This figure is likely conservative due to underreporting and misclassification. So while you’re updating your firewall rules, somewhere in your supply chain a vendor might be inadvertently letting in … More → The post 4.5% of breaches now extend to fourth parties appeared first on Help Net Security.

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