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Conjur
Conjur: Open-source secrets management and application identity

Conjur is an open-source secrets management project designed for environments built around containers, automation, and dynamic infrastructure. It focuses on controlling access …

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Counterfeit defenses built on paper have blind spots

Counterfeit protection often leans on the idea that physical materials have quirks no attacker can copy. A new study challenges that comfort by showing how systems built on …

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How researchers are teaching AI agents to ask for permission the right way

People are starting to hand more decisions to AI agents, from booking trips to sorting digital files. The idea sounds simple. Tell the agent what you want, then let it work …

What security leaders should watch for when companies buy or sell a business

In this Help Net Security video, Lane Sullivan, SVP, CISO and Strategy Officer at Concentric AI, explains what security leaders should think about during mergers, …

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Aircraft cabin IoT leaves vendor and passenger data exposed

The expansion of IoT devices in shared, multi-vendor environments, such as aircraft cabins, has created tension between the benefits of data collaboration and the risks to …

healthcare data
The privacy tension driving the medical data shift nobody wants to talk about

Most people assume their medical data sits in quiet storage, protected by familiar rules. That belief gives a sense of safety, but new research argues that the world around …

data analytics
Humans built the problem, AI just scaled it

Information moves across cloud platforms, personal devices, and AI tools, often faster than security teams can track it. Proofpoint’s 2025 Data Security Landscape report shows …

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10 data security companies to watch in 2026

At Help Net Security, we’ve been tracking the cybersecurity world for nearly three decades. Through our Industry News section, we’ve watched countless companies rise, and push …

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Most AI privacy research looks the wrong way

Most research on LLM privacy has focused on the wrong problem, according to a new paper by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Northeastern University. The authors …

healthcare
The diagnosis is in: Mobile health apps are bad for your privacy

Sensitive data is moving through Android healthcare apps without adequate protection. Researchers found that many transmit information without encryption, store files without …

privacy
What if your privacy tools could learn as they go?

A new academic study proposes a way to design privacy mechanisms that can make use of prior knowledge about how data is distributed, even when that information is incomplete. …

healthcare data
Biotech platforms keep missing the mark on security fundamentals

A new security posture report on the biotech sector shows how quickly attackers could reach sensitive health data with only basic reconnaissance. Researchers needed less than …

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