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Microsoft Agent Governance Toolkit
Microsoft releases open-source toolkit to govern autonomous AI agents

AI agents can book travel, execute financial transactions, write and run code, and manage infrastructure without human intervention at each step. Frameworks like LangChain, …

send money
Click, wait, repeat: Digital trust erodes one login at a time

Sign-up forms that drag on, login steps that repeat, and access requests that take longer than expected have become a normal part of using digital services. These moments …

Infosec products of the month
New infosec products of the month: March 2026

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from Beazley, Bonfy.AI, Mend.io, Mimecast, NinjaOne, Novee, Intel 471, Singulr AI, …

John O'Rourke
Trust, friction, and ROI: A CISO’s take on making security work for the business

In this Help Net Security interview, John O’Rourke, CISO at PPG, talks about what it means for security to drive business value. He explains how mature security programs …

Ranjan Singh
Mimecast makes enterprise email security deployable in minutes

Most organizations running Microsoft 365 rely on native email controls as their primary line of defense. According to Mimecast research, 38% of organizations depend …

CISO
Malware detectors trained on one dataset often stumble on another

Machine learning models built to catch malware on Windows systems are typically evaluated on data that closely resembles their training set. In practice, the malware arriving …

quantum computing
Crypto industry may be running out of time to prepare for quantum attacks

Google’s latest research suggests the cryptocurrency industry may have less time than expected to prepare for quantum computing. In a whitepaper, Google examines risks to …

AWS
Amazon sends AI agents into pen testing and DevOps

Amazon’s latest AI capabilities bring on-demand penetration testing through the AWS Security Agent, alongside the AWS DevOps Agent. “These agents are changing the way we …

Apple
Apple counters ClickFix attacks with macOS Terminal warning

Apple has added a new security feature in macOS Tahoe 26.4 that warns users before they enter commands in Terminal that could cause harm. The goal is to stop ClickFix attacks, …

identity
Why I’m done calling humans the weakest link

Cybersecurity has long suffered from a people problem, but not in the way we often hear about. As industry that is based on enabling communication across the globe via the …

CISO
The art of making technical risk make sense to executives

In this Help Net Security video, Jay Miller, CISO at Paessler, explains how security leaders can communicate technical risk to executives and board members in terms they …

open-source cybersecurity tools
Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: March 2026

Presented here is a curated selection of noteworthy open-source cybersecurity solutions that have drawn recognition for their ability to enhance security postures across …

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