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Incident response lessons learned the hard way

In this Help Net Security video, Ryan Seymour, VP, Consulting and Education at ConnectSecure, shares lessons from more than two decades in cybersecurity incident response. He …

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Week in review: Fully patched FortiGate firewalls are getting compromised, attackers probe Cisco RCE flaw

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Review: AI Strategy and Security AI Strategy and Security is a guide for …

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Unbounded AI use can break your systems

In this Help Net Security video, James Wickett, CEO of DryRun Security, explains cyber risks many teams underestimate as they add AI to products. He focuses on how fast LLM …

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The 2026 State of Pentesting: Why delivery and follow-through matter more than ever

Penetration testing has evolved significantly over the past several years. While uncovering exploitable vulnerabilities remains the core goal, the real differentiator today is …

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Keepnet bets on Agentic AI behavioral training to curb security mistakes

Keepnet launched its Agentic AI for Behavioral Microlearning solution, which moves success metrics from “completion rates” to behavior change and verifiable incident …

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Week in review: PoC for FortiSIEM flaw released, Rakuten Viber CISO/CTO on messaging risks

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: What security teams can learn from torrent metadata Security teams often …

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Product showcase: Penetration test reporting with PentestPad

If you’ve done a pentest before, you know things can get messy fast. You start organized, but a few hours in, notes are scattered, screenshots have odd filenames, and small …

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Webinar: Beyond the Quadrant: An Analyst’s Guide to Evaluating Email Security in 2026

Join former Gartner analyst Ravisha Chugh and Abnormal’s Director of Product Marketing, Lane Billings, on January 20th for an exclusive insider look at how email security …

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Turning cyber metrics into decisions leaders can act on

In this Help Net Security video, Bryan Sacks, Field CISO at Myriad360, explains how security leaders can measure cybersecurity in ways that matter to executives and boards. He …

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Week in review: PoC for Trend Micro Apex Central RCE released, Patch Tuesday forecast

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Pharma’s most underestimated cyber risk isn’t a breach Chirag Shah, Global …

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January 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: And so it continues

Welcome to a new year of my Patch Tuesday forecast blog where I provide a summary of Microsoft and other vendor’s security patch activity (and reported issues) for the month, …

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How AI agents are turning security inside-out

AppSec teams have spent the last decade hardening externally facing applications, API security, software supply chain risk, CI/CD controls, and cloud-native attack paths. But …

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