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Why ‘Industry-Standard’ Vendors Still Create Hidden Cyber Risk
The Mixpanel incident highlights how trusted third-party tools can quietly expand the attack surface long after initial vendor approval. --- Key Highlights Trusted, widely adopted analytics and monitoring tools can introduce hidden cyber risk as third-party behavior and data collection evolve over time. Static vendor risk assessments and point-in-time audits often fail to capture changes that occur after a tool is deployed. Attackers increasingly target downstream vendors as an easier path to sensitive data than breaching well-defended enterprises directly.
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