cybersecurity
CISO Assistant: Open-source cybersecurity management and GRC
CISO Assistant is an open-source governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) platform designed to help security teams document risks, controls, and framework alignment in a …
Firmware scanning time, cost, and where teams run EMBA
Security teams that deal with connected devices often end up running long firmware scans overnight, checking progress in the morning, and trying to explain to colleagues why a …
Enterprise security faces a three-front war: cybercrime, AI misuse, and supply chains
Security teams are dealing with pressures tied to AI use, geopolitical instability, and expanding cybercrime that reach beyond technical controls, according to findings from …
Rakuten Viber CISO/CTO on balancing encryption, abuse prevention, and platform resilience
In this Help Net Security interview, Liad Shnell, CISO and CTO at Rakuten Viber, discusses how messaging platforms have become critical infrastructure during crises and …
Turning cyber metrics into decisions leaders can act on
In this Help Net Security video, Bryan Sacks, Field CISO at Myriad360, explains how security leaders can measure cybersecurity in ways that matter to executives and boards. He …
Teaching cybersecurity by letting students break things
Cybersecurity students show higher engagement when the work feels tangible. A new study from Airbus Cybersecurity and Dauphine University describes what happens when courses …
What insurers expect from cyber risk in 2026
Technology shifts, policy decisions, and attacker behavior are changing at the same time, and their effects increasingly overlap. Insurers, brokers, and security teams are …
Rethinking OT security for project heavy shipyards
In this Help Net Security interview, Hans Quivooij, CISO at Damen Shipyards Group, discusses securing OT and ICS in the shipyard. He outlines how project-based operations, …
pfSense: Open-source firewall and routing platform
Firewalls, VPN access, and traffic rules need steady attention, often with limited budgets and staff. In that context, the open source pfSense Community Edition (CE) continues …
What security teams can learn from torrent metadata
Security teams often spend time sorting through logs and alerts that point to activity happening outside corporate networks. Torrent traffic shows up in investigations tied to …
Downtime pushes resilience planning into security operations
CISOs describe a shift in how they define success. New research from Absolute Security shows broad agreement that resilience outweighs security goals centered on prevention …
January 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: And so it continues
Welcome to a new year of my Patch Tuesday forecast blog where I provide a summary of Microsoft and other vendor’s security patch activity (and reported issues) for the month, …
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