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identity
Complexity and AI put identity protection to the test

Identity has become a core pillar of cybersecurity strategy. Remote work, cloud-first adoption, and distributed supply chains have moved identity from “a tactical IT …

Google
Boards are being told to rethink their role in cybersecurity

Boards of directors are being told that cybersecurity is now central to business resilience and growth, and that they must engage more directly in the way their organizations …

target
How CISOs are balancing risk, pressure and board expectations

AI has moved to the top of the CISO agenda. Three in five CISOs see generative AI as a security risk, with many worried about sensitive data leaking through public tools. At …

Carl Kubalsky
Protecting farms from hackers: A Q&A with John Deere’s Deputy CISO

Agriculture is a connected, software-driven industry where cybersecurity is just as essential as tractors and harvesters. From embedded hardware in smart fleets to defending …

insider threat
Why a new AI tool could change how we test insider threat defenses

Insider threats are among the hardest attacks to detect because they come from people who already have legitimate access. Security teams know the risk well, but they often …

Brett Loubert
Why satellite cybersecurity threats matter to everyone

Satellites play a huge role in our daily lives, supporting everything from global communications to navigation, business, and national security. As space becomes more crowded …

critical infrastructure
Local governments struggle to defend critical infrastructure as threats grow

A small-town water system, a county hospital, and a local school district may not seem like front-line targets in global conflict, but they are. These organizations face daily …

predictions
Why CISOs in business services must close the edge security gap

Cloud adoption is speeding ahead in the business services sector, but security for remote and edge environments is falling behind. At the same time, generative AI is moving …

human defenders
Weak alerting and slipping prevention raise risk levels for CISOs

Prevention effectiveness is falling, detection gaps remain wide, and attackers are exploiting weaknesses in data protection and credentials. Data theft prevention has dropped …

OT
Global OT cyber risk could top $329 billion, new report warns

A new study from Dragos and Marsh McLennan puts hard numbers on the global financial risk tied to OT cyber incidents. The 2025 OT Security Financial Risk Report estimates that …

healthcare data
Breaches are up, budgets are too, so why isn’t healthcare safer?

A new report from Resilience outlines a growing cyber crisis in the U.S. healthcare sector, where ransomware attacks, vendor compromise, and human error continue to cause …

supply chain
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 …

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