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Obot MCP Gateway: Open-source platform to securely manage the adoption of MCP servers
Obot MCP Gateway is a free, open-source gateway that enables IT organizations to securely manage and scale adoption of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers. MCPs are becoming …
Fighting fraud with AI: The new identity security playbook
In this Help Net Security video, Hal Lonas, CTO at Trulioo, talks about the rise of synthetic identity fraud and how it’s quickly becoming one of the biggest threats in …
Employees race to build custom AI apps despite security risks
The latest Netskope findings show a 50% increase in GenAI platform usage among enterprise end-users, driven by growing employee demand for tools to develop custom AI …
AI security governance converts disorder into deliberate innovation
AI security governance provides a stable compass, channeling efforts and transforming AI from an experimental tool to a reliable, enterprise-class solution. With adequate …
The top CTEM platforms you should know in 2025
Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) is a cybersecurity strategy originally coined by Gartner analysts, which focuses on identifying, prioritizing, validating, and …
How to build and grow a scalable vCISO practice as an MSP
The cybersecurity needs of small and midsize businesses have reached a critical point. Compliance mandates, increasing ransomware attacks, and cyber insurance requirements are …
What makes a security program mature and how to get there faster
Security leaders are flush with tools and data, but it’s not helping their programs mature. In this Help Net Security video, PlexTrac’s Dan DeCloss outlines the 3 key …
EntraGoat: Vulnerable Microsoft Entra ID infrastructure to simulate identity security misconfigurations
EntraGoat is a purpose-built tool that sets up a vulnerable Microsoft Entra ID environment to mimic real-world identity security issues. It’s designed to help security …
How Brandolini’s law informs our everyday infosec reality
Brandolini’s law, also known as the “bullshit asymmetry principle”, is simple but devastating: “The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude …
Week in review: SonicWall firewalls targeted in ransomware attacks, Black Hat USA 2025
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Black Hat USA 2025 Black Hat USA 2025 took place at the Mandalay Bay …
August 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: Try, try again
July turned into a surprisingly busy month. It started slowly with a fairly ‘calm’ Patch Tuesday as I forecasted in my last blog. Although there were 130 new CVEs addressed …
Third-party partners or ticking time bombs?
In this Help Net Security video, Ngaire Elizabeth Guzzetti, Technical Director Supply Chain at CyXcel, discusses why a third of U.S. organizations don’t trust …