The Cyber Resilience Act clock doesn’t stop for weekends
In this Help Net Security interview, Aurimas Bakas, CEO of Copla, talks about what the EU Cyber Resilience Act‘s reporting duties mean for manufacturers. He explains why …
A CISO’s guide to trimming waste from a flat security budget
In this Help Net Security video, Ken Leeser, CISO at Y Meadows, explains how security leaders can get more protection out of a flat budget. He argues a frozen budget gives …
EU cyber scores look healthy, but 45% of surveyed IT providers take months to patch
Forty-five percent of surveyed IT service management providers in the EU took more than three months to apply critical patches to critical systems, according to ENISA’s 2026 …
Nearly half of big firms shelve or close vulnerability findings they haven’t confirmed
Nearly half of security teams at organizations with 5,000 or more employees close or deprioritize vulnerability findings without fully verifying them, ProjectDiscovery found, …
What a security leader should tell the CEO about leaked credentials
In this Help Net Security interview, Eric Fourrier, CEO of GitGuardian, talks about leaked credentials and personal liability for security leaders and boards. He explains how …
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 …
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