cybersecurity
LinkedIn wants to make verification a portable trust signal
In this Help Net Security interview, Oscar Rodriguez, VP Trust Product at LinkedIn, discusses how verification is becoming a portable trust signal across the internet. He …
QR codes are getting colorful, fancy, and dangerous
QR codes have become a routine part of daily life, showing up on emails, posters, menus, invoices, and login screens. Security-savvy users have learned to treat links with …
CISOs flag gaps in third-party risk management
Third-party cyber risk continues to concern security leaders as vendor ecosystems grow, supply chains stretch, and AI plays a larger role in business operations. A recent …
Cybersecurity spending keeps rising, so why is business impact still hard to explain?
Cybersecurity budgets keep climbing, but many security leaders still struggle to explain what that spending delivers to the business. A new study by Expel examines that …
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, …
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