Third Party Breach Report

This year’s report is all about changes. “The only thing that never changes is that everything changes.” said Louis L’Amour, the American novelist. Another way of expressing that sentiment is, “change is the only constant.”

We are experiencing these changes at an extremely fast pace in the cybersecurity industry. As we all learn from our mistakes, and gain intelligence with experience, so do threat actors. They often learn faster due to lack of boundaries and the luxury to fail. Most enterprises do not have this luxury.

This report, the result of a collective effort of Black Kite Researchers, focuses on what has changed in 2022, for better or for worse, compared to 2021. It highlights some of the lessons of past years and those still being learned within the changing cyber landscape.