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Product showcase: Enzoic for Active Directory
Enzoic for Active Directory is an easy-to-install plugin that integrates with Microsoft Active Directory (AD) to set, monitor, and remediate unsafe passwords and credentials. …

Real-world numbers for estimating security audit costs
At the end of Star Wars: A New Hope, Luke Skywalker races through the Death Star trench, hearing the ghostly voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi telling him to trust him. Luke places …

Falco: Open-source cloud-native runtime security tool for Linux
Falco is an open-source runtime security tool for Linux systems, built for cloud-native environments. It monitors the system in real time to spot unusual activity and possible …

How service providers can turn cybersecurity into a scalable MRR engine
A growing number of MSPs, MSSPs, and consultancies are moving beyond one-and-done engagements and transforming from tactical vendors into strategic advisors. They’re shifting …

Bitdefender PHASR: Proactive hardening demo overview
Discover how Bitdefender PHASR enables organizations to identify and remediate security misconfigurations before attackers can exploit them. This demo walks through PHASR’s …

Why your Microsoft 365 setup might be more vulnerable than you think
60% of organizations rate their Microsoft 365 security as “established” or “advanced”, according to CoreView. Yet, 60% of those same organizations have experienced account …

Ransomware drops, but don’t relax yet
WatchGuard has released its latest Internet Security Report, covering malware, network, and endpoint threats spotted by its Threat Lab in the first quarter of 2025. The report …

Week in review: Microsoft fixes wormable RCE bug on Windows, check for CitrixBleed 2 exploitation
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Microsoft fixes critical wormable Windows flaw (CVE-2025-47981) For July 2025 …

Employees are quietly bringing AI to work and leaving security behind
While IT departments race to implement AI governance frameworks, many employees have already opened a backdoor for AI, according to ManageEngine. The rise of unauthorized AI …

Open source has a malware problem, and it’s getting worse
Sonatype has published its Q2 2025 Open Source Malware Index, identifying 16,279 malicious open source packages across major ecosystems such as npm and PyPI. This brings the …

C-suites step up on OT cybersecurity, and it’s paying off
There has been a significant increase in the global trend of corporations planning to integrate cybersecurity under the CISO or other executives, according to Fortinet. …

Global software supply chain visibility remains critically low
Only 23% of organizations are confident that they have very high visibility of their software supply chain, according to LevelBlue’s Data Accelerator. The limited visibility …
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