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MSPs say nearly half their customers rely on them for CISO services
MSPs estimate that 46% of their customers, on average, look to them to act as CISOs, according to Sophos. Most of those providers do that job without the full set of …
ENISA launched the CRA Single Reporting Platform for actively exploited vulnerabilities
The EU Agency for Cybersecurity switched on the Cyber Resilience Act‘s Single Reporting Platform on 11 September 2026, the same day the law’s reporting obligations …
NIS2 compliance: Fixing IAM and access control before the 2026 audit
The NIS2 Directive places direct obligations on organizations across supply chain risk management, incident reporting, and board-level accountability. October brings a new …
Production data in testing is still common, and Tricentis’ CISO wants it gone
In this Help Net Security interview, Erika Dean, CISO at Tricentis, talks about keeping production data out of test environments and why she thinks the alternatives are good …
AWS makes it easier to spot firewall rules that have gone quiet
AWS Network Firewall’s rule hit count capability gives security teams visibility into which stateful firewall rules are matching traffic, helping them identify unused or …
17 draft Cyber Resilience Act standards are open for comment
A company selling a connected toy in Europe must show by the end of 2027 that the product meets the Cyber Resilience Act. The law states what manufacturers have to achieve and …
What the first year of EU AI Act transparency enforcement could look like
In this Help Net Security interview, Edwin Weijdema, Field CTO at Veeam, answers questions on Article 50 of the EU AI Act and what the first year of enforcement might bring. …
EU begins enforcing AI Act, putting AI models under the microscope
Europe’s fight to regulate AI models moved from paper to practice on 2 August 2026, when the European Commission’s AI Office and national authorities began …
Companies push AI, sysadmins keep it on a short leash
In 2024, sysadmins expected AI to automate patch management optimization, vulnerability prioritization, infrastructure monitoring, and incident response within two years. …
Shadow AI incident response begins with logs that may already be gone
In this Help Net Security interview, Brandy Wityak, VP of Complex Matters at LevelBlue, explains what happens in the hours after a shadow AI incident. She describes how …
AI can’t fix cybersecurity’s hiring problem
Organizations are redefining cybersecurity roles through workforce frameworks and placing greater emphasis on verified skills as AI and new regulatory requirements change …
The Windows 10 hangover is becoming a security problem
Windows 11 now runs on 78.8% of Windows devices after Microsoft ended support for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025, according to Lansweeper. Windows 10 still accounts for 16.9% …
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