Expert analysis
The UK’s secret iCloud backdoor request: A dangerous step toward Orwellian mass surveillance
The United Kingdom government has secretly requested that Apple build a backdoor into its iCloud service, granting the government unrestricted access to users’ private data. …
It’s time to secure the extended digital supply chain
Organizations’ increasing reliance on third-party software and services has created an environment with more vulnerabilities and harder-to-detect risks. Attackers know they …
February 2025 Patch Tuesday forecast: New directions for AI development
February 2025 Patch Tuesday is now live: Microsoft fixes two actively exploited zero-days (CVE-2025-21418, CVE-2025-21391) The new year has started with a whirlwind of …
Security validation: The new standard for cyber resilience
Security validation has officially turned a corner. Once considered a “nice-to-have” it’s now a top priority for security leaders worldwide. This shift has been accelerated by …
Self-sovereign identity could transform fraud prevention, but…
The way we manage digital identity is fundamentally broken. The root of the problem lies in traditional, centralized identity models, where a single organization holds and …
Aim for crypto-agility, prepare for the long haul
While organizations have long experimented with various facets of digital transformation, the journey toward crypto-agility is one of the most significant technological …
AI security posture management will be needed before agentic AI takes hold
As I’m currently knee deep in testing agentic AI in all its forms, as well as new iterations of current generative AI models such as OpenAI’s O1, the complexities of securing …
Scam Yourself attacks: How social engineering is evolving
We’ve entered a new era where verification must come before trust, and for good reason. Cyber threats are evolving rapidly, and one of the trends getting a fresh reboot in …
Decentralization is happening everywhere, so why are crypto wallets “walled gardens”?
The twin cryptocurrency and digital identity revolutions are supposed to be building a better future, where anybody can take charge of their sovereignty and security in a …
A humble proposal: The InfoSec CIA triad should be expanded
The inconsistent and incomplete definitions of essential properties in information security create confusion within the InfoSec community, gaps in security controls, and may …
This is the year CISOs unlock AI’s full potential
In 2025, CISOs will have powerful new capabilities as generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) continues to mature. Evolving beyond providing answers to questions, GenAI …
Time for a change: Elevating developers’ security skills
Organizations don’t know their software engineers’ security skills because they don’t assess them in the interview process. Trying to do that in an interview is challenging, …