Qualys CISO on what security teams can do as exploit campaigns grow
In this Help Net Security interview, Nathan Smolenski, CISO at Qualys, talks about how security teams can handle the growing volume of AI-discovered vulnerabilities. He …
I underestimated how fast security teams would trust AI to act in the SOC
For most of my career, I have watched new security platforms work through enterprise programs at a slow pace, so when AI began showing up in security operations tools, I …
Bellini Capital CISO on AI security governance and the limits of patching faster
In this Help Net Security interview, Brian Blakley, CISO at Bellini Capital and ConnectSecure, explains why AI makes finding vulnerabilities faster while fixing them still …
Sovereignty vs. security: Microsoft’s Roger Halbheer says you’re asking the wrong question
In this interview with Help Net Security, Roger Halbheer, Customer Security Officer at Microsoft, argues that digital sovereignty is a security question first. He explains why …
AI agent permissions are outrunning security
Most organizations have handed AI agents work that used to need a person’s sign-off. In a survey of 1,100 IT and security decision-makers, 70% said they now let AI make …
The cyber talent shortage? Job postings just hit a four-year low
US employers posted 235,786 cybersecurity jobs from January through September 2026. That is the lowest total for those months in the four years that staffing and workforce …
Immuta CISO predicts critical AI incidents at major enterprises within 18 months
In this Help Net Security interview, Michael Scott, CISO at Immuta, talks about how organizations should handle permissions for AI agents. He argues agents should be treated …
Patching and preventing issues: What are the lessons you can learn?
In this Help Net Security interview, Kunal Modasiya, Senior VP & GM at Qualys, talks about why patching is still hard to get right. He explains how business pressure, …
Most companies count AI agents as insiders, and CISOs worry about their own liability
Software that works on an employee’s behalf is now turning up in incident reports. At 95% of the companies in a Trellix survey of 600 CISOs, an AI agent or other autonomous …
Geopolitics and the cyber resilience gap belong in your threat model
In this Help Net Security interview, Akshay Joshi, Head of the Centre for Cybersecurity at the World Economic Forum, talks about how AI, geopolitics and industrialized fraud …
Thousands of wind and solar park systems sit exposed on the internet across Europe
Modat and NCSC-NL, the Dutch government’s cybersecurity center, found 8,547 internet-facing systems at wind farms and solar parks in 35 countries in and around the EU …
Pricing your bad days and how to build an economic model for security decisions
Ivan Milenkovic, VP Risk Technology EMEA at Qualys, explains how security leaders can build an economic model that puts money behind their decisions. He suggests starting with …
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