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Innovator Spotlight: Snowflake
Giving AI Freedom Without Losing Control Who’s Really in Control? AI agents are stepping into a bigger role inside the enterprise. They are not just…
58 Arrested, 263 Suspects Identified: Inside the Global Crackdown on Operation Jackal IV
The Foundation Operation Jackal INTERPOL has been spearheading a continuing, multi-year international law enforcement effort known as Operation Jackal to…
The Balance Of Healthcare Research Potential And Privacy In The Age Of AI
There’s no question that AI has transformed healthcare research and completely changed the trajectory of the healthcare industry. What would have taken…
Innovator Spotlight: Rubrik Zero Labs
When AI Breaks Out of the Sandbox What Happens When AI Escapes? AI assistants are gaining unprecedented access to the inner workings of businesses, but…
The Artificial Adversary
Cybersecurity has spent decades focused on the human adversary. We built models for nation-state actors, cybercriminal gangs, insiders, access brokers,…
White House Declares Executive Order to Protect Bulk-Power System
National Emergency Declaration for Grid Security White House released Executive Order 14420, which targets security risks within the nation’s bulk-power…
Shrinking Patch Windows, Quantum Risk And Rogue AI Agents: The Three Threats Collapsing Modern Security Assumptions
Security teams are entering a period where many of the assumptions that shaped modern cybersecurity programs no longer hold the way they once did. Until…
WhatsApp Introduces Multi-Passkey and Complex 2FA Upgrades
Cross-Platform Passkey Integration Meta revealed a major security upgrade for WhatsApp on August 25, 2026, which increases passkey support and enables…
Shadow AI Is the New Shadow IT — And Policy Is Just the Starting Line
Every few weeks I talk to a security leader who tells me they have shadow AI in progress. They wrote an acceptable use policy. They published a list of…
Enterprise NAC Migration Done Right: Zero-Trust Principles For Large-Scale Platform Cutover
The Migration Nobody Plans For — Until It’s Too Late Most enterprise security teams treat Network Access Control as infrastructure — stable, durable,…
Check Point Threat Brief: Critical Infrastructure Breaches and Emerging AI Attack Surfaces
Widespread Infrastructure Breaches and Novel AI Threats Several significant security breaches and new exploitation patterns are highlighted in the Check…
HKCERT Issues High-Risk Advisory for Zimbra Collaboration Suite Flaws
HKCERT Bulletin Overview On August 24, 2026, the Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (HKCERT) published security notice…
Sysdig: Industry Highlights from Black Hat 2026
Sysdig is acknowledging the fact that CISOs don’t have time to click through a dashboard anymore. Conor Sherman, the company’s Global CISO, argues the…
AvePoint: Industry Highlights from Black Hat 2026
Most organizations think they’ve solved the data sensitivity problem. AvePoint’s research says otherwise. In the company’s third annual State of AI…
Rethinking Cyber Readiness In Our Current Threat Landscape
Cybersecurity leaders are dealing with a threat landscape where disruption spreads quickly across systems, vendors, and business operations. AI is…
The Cyber Resilience Imperative: Why CISOs Must Shift from Prevention to Business Survival
For decades, cybersecurity strategies have been built around a single objective: preventing attacks. Organizations invested heavily in perimeter defenses,…
Federal Agencies Warn of Active Attacks on Siemens Industrial Controllers
Evolving Threats to Industrial Systems The recent joint advisory issued by federal agencies highlights a concerning escalation in how threat actors target…
The Expiry Illusion: Why Fresh Evidence Can Still Be Wrong
In discussions about safety, assurance, and governance, evidence is often treated as a matter of age. A certificate issued ten years ago is viewed…
Inside NIST SP 1353: The New Quick-Start Guide for AI-Powered CSF Analysis
NIST’s New Guide for AI and CSF 2.0 NIST recently released a new draft, SP 1353, that acts as a practical guide for using AI alongside the Cybersecurity…